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Judges 9:8-10

8One day the treesהָעֵצִ֔יםha.'e.TzimH6086set outH1980to anointלִמְשֹׁ֥חַlim.Sho.achH4886a kingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428for themselvesעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.HemH5921.They saidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to the olive treeלַזַּ֖יִתla.Za.yitH2132, ‘Reignמָלְכָ֥הme.lo.khahH4427over usעָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuH5921.’

9But the olive treeהַזַּ֔יִתha.Za.yitH2132repliedוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, ‘Should I stop givingהֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙he.cho.Dal.tiH2308אֶת־'et-H853my oilדִּשְׁנִ֔יdish.NiH1880thatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834honorsיְכַבְּד֥וּye.kha.be.DuH3513both Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430and manוַאֲנָשִׁ֑יםva.'a.na.ShimH582,to holdוְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔יve.Ha.lakh.TiH1980swayלָנ֖וּעַla.Nu.a'H5128overעַל־'al-H5921the treesהָעֵצִֽים׃ha.'e.TzimH6086?’

10Then the treesהָעֵצִ֖יםha.'e.TzimH6086saidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to the fig treeלַתְּאֵנָ֑הla.te.'e.NahH8384, ‘Comeלְכִי־ אַ֖תְּle.khi- 'atH1980 H859and reignמָלְכִ֥יma.le.KhiH4427over usעָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuH5921.’

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