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1 Samuel 28:20-25

20AndSaulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586fellH5307straightwayhisfulllengthontheearthH776,andwasH1961soreafraidוַיִּרָ֥אvai.yi.Ra'H3372becauseofthewordsמִדִּבְרֵ֣יmi.div.ReiH1697ofSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050;andtherewasH1961nostrengthכֹּ֙חַ֙ko.achH3581inhim,forhehadeatenH398nobreadH3899allthedayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117norallthenightהַלָּֽיְלָה׃ha.La.ye.lahH3915.

21Andthewomanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.ShahH802cameH935toSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586,andsawH7200thathewassoretroubled,andsaidH559tohim,Behold, thy bondmaidhashearkenedtothyvoiceבְּקוֹלֶ֔ךָbe.ko.Le.chaH6963,andIhaveputוָאָשִׂ֤יםva.'a.SimH7760mylifeנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315inmyhandH3709,andhavehearkenedtothywordsדְּבָרֶ֔יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697whichthou spokesttome.

22Andnowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258,Ipraythee, hearken thoualsoגַם־gam-H1571tothevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofthy bondmaid,andletmesetוְאָשִׂ֧מָהve.'a.Si.mahH7760amorselH6595ofbreadלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899beforethee;andeatוֶאֱכ֑וֹלve.'e.KholH398,thatthou mayesthavestrengthכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581whenthou goestonthywayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ba.Da.rekhH1870.

23ButherefusedH3985andsaidH559,Iwillnoteatאֹכַ֔ל'o.KhalH398.Thenhisservantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650,andthewomanהָ֣אִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.ShahH802alsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571, compelledhim,andhehearkenedtotheirvoiceלְקֹלָ֑םle.ko.LamH6963;andhearoseH6965fromtheearthH776andsatH3427onthebedהַמִּטָּֽה׃ha.mi.TahH4296.

24Andthewomanוְלָאִשָּׁ֤הve.la.'i.ShahH802hadafatcalfעֵֽגֶל־'e.gel-H5695inthehouseבַּבַּ֔יִתba.Ba.yitH1004;andshe hastedandkilledit,andtookH3947flourקֶ֣מַחKe.machH7058,andkneadedוַתָּ֔לָשׁva.Ta.loshH3888it,andbakedוַתֹּפֵ֖הוּva.to.Fe.huH644unleavenedמַצּֽוֹת׃ma.TzotH4682breadH4682thereof;

25andshebroughtH5066itnearbeforeSaulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586,andbeforehisservantsעֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.DavH5650,andtheyateH398.AndtheyroseH6965upandwentawaythatnightבַּלַּ֥יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915.

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