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1 Samuel 8:4-5

4So allכֹּ֖לkolH3605the eldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478gathered togetherוַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּvai.yit.ka.be.TzuH6908and cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935toאֶל־'el-H413Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050at Ramahהָרָמָֽתָה׃ha.ra.Ma.tahH7414.

5“Lookהִנֵּה֙hi.NehH2009,”they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559אֵלָ֗יו'e.LavH413, “youאַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH859are oldזָקַ֔נְתָּza.Kan.taH2204,and your sonsוּבָנֶ֕יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121do notלֹ֥אlo'H3808walkהָלְכ֖וּha.le.KhuH1980in your waysבִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָbid.ra.Khei.khaH1870.Nowעַתָּ֗ה'a.TahH6258appointשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760a kingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428to judge usלְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199like allכְּכָל־ke.khol-H3605the other nationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.”

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