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1 Samuel 3:6-8

6Once againוַיֹּ֣סֶף עוֹד֮vai.Yo.sef 'OdH3254 H5750the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068calledקְרֹ֣אke.Ro'H7121, “Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֒she.mu.'ElH8050!”So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050got upוַיָּ֤קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980toאֶל־'el-H413Eliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Here I amהִנְנִ֔יhi.NiH2005,forכִּ֥יkiH3588you have calledקָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.taH7121me.” “My sonבְנִ֖יve.NiH1121,I did notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808callקָרָ֥אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121,”Eli repliedוַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559. “Go backשׁ֥וּבshuvH7725and lie downשְׁכָֽב׃she.KhavH7901.”

7Now Samuelוּשְׁמוּאֵ֕לu.she.mu.'ElH8050did not yetטֶ֖רֶםTe.remH2962knowיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045אֶת־'et-H853the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,because the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068had not yetוְטֶ֛רֶםve.Te.remH2962been revealedיִגָּלֶ֥הyi.ga.LehH1540to himאֵלָ֖יו'e.LavH413.

8Once againוַיֹּ֨סֶףvai.Yo.sefH3254,for the third timeבַּשְּׁלִשִׁית֒ba.she.li.ShitH7992,the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068calledקְרֹא־ke.ro'-H7121to Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֮she.mu.'ElH8050.He got upוַיָּ֙קָם֙vai.Ya.komH6965,wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980toאֶל־'el-H413Eliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Here I amהִנְנִ֔יhi.NiH2005,forכִּ֥יkiH3588you have calledקָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.taH7121me.”Then Eliעֵלִ֔י כִּ֥י'e.Li kiH5941 H3588realizedוַיָּ֣בֶןvai.Ya.venH995that it was the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068who was callingקֹרֵ֥אko.Re'H7121the boyלַנָּֽעַר׃la.Na.'arH5288.

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