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1 Samuel 8:5-9

5andsaidH559tohim,Behold, thou artbecomeold,andthysonsוּבָנֶ֕יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121walkהָלְכ֖וּha.le.KhuH1980notinthywaysבִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָbid.ra.Khei.khaH1870:nowעַתָּ֗ה'a.TahH6258appointשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760usakingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428tojudgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199us,likeallthenationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

6AndthethingH1697displeasedSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,whenכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834theysaidH559,Giveתְּנָה־te.nah-H5414usakingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428tojudgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֑נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199us.AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419toJehovah.

7AndJehovahsaidH559toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050, Hearken untothevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971inallthattheysayH559unto thee:fortheyhavenotrejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988thee,buttheyhaverejectedמָאֲס֖וּma.'a.SuH3988me,thatIshouldnotreignמִמְּלֹ֥ךְmi.me.LokhH4427overthem.

8Accordingtoallthedeedsהַמַּעֲשִׂ֣יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639thattheyhavedonesincethedayמִיּוֹם֩mi.yOmH3117thatIbroughtH5927themupoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714evenuntothisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,inthattheyhaveforsakenmeandservedH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,soכֵּ֛ןkenH3651dotheyalsoגַּם־gam-H1571unto thee.

9Andnowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258hearken untotheirvoiceבְּקוֹלָ֑םbe.ko.LamH6963;onlyH389, testifysolemnlyuntothem,anddeclareH5046untothemthemannerofthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428thatshallreignיִמְלֹ֖ךְyim.LokhH4427overthem.

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