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1 Samuel 15:19-23

19Wherefore then didst thou not obeyשָׁמַ֖עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,but didst flyוַתַּ֙עַט֙va.Ta.'atH5860upon the spoilהַשָּׁלָ֔לha.sha.LalH7998,and didstוַתַּ֥עַשׂva.Ta.'asH6213evilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068?

20And Saulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Yea, I have obeyedשָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙sha.Ma'.tiH8085the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,and have goneH3212the wayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870which the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068sentשְׁלָחַ֣נִיshe.la.Cha.niH7971me, and have broughtוָאָבִ֗יאva.'a.Vi'H935Agagאֲגַג֙'a.GagH90the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Amalekעֲמָלֵ֔ק'a.ma.LekH6002,and have utterly destroyedהֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃he.che.Ram.tiH2763the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵ֖ק'a.ma.LekH6002.

21But the peopleהָעָ֧םha.'AmH5971tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947of the spoilמֵהַשָּׁלָ֛לme.ha.sha.LalH7998,sheepצֹ֥אןtzonH6629and oxenוּבָקָ֖רu.va.KarH1241,the chiefרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225of the things which should have been utterly destroyedהַחֵ֑רֶםha.Che.remH2764,to sacrificeלִזְבֹּ֛חַliz.Bo.achH2076unto the Lordלַֽיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in Gilgalבַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ba.gil.GalH1537.

22And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Hath the Lordלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068as greatdelightהַחֵ֤פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656in burnt offeringsבְּעֹל֣וֹתbe.'o.LotH5930and sacrificesוּזְבָחִ֔יםu.ze.va.ChimH2077,as in obeyingכִּשְׁמֹ֖עַkish.Mo.a'H8085the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068?Behold, to obeyשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙she.Mo.a'H8085isbetterט֔וֹבTovH2896than sacrificeמִזֶּ֣בַחmi.Ze.vachH2077, andto hearkenלְהַקְשִׁ֖יבle.hak.ShivH7181than the fatמֵחֵ֥לֶבme.Che.levH2459of ramsאֵילִֽים׃'ei.LimH352.

23For rebellionמֶ֔רִיMe.riH4805is asthe sinחַטַּאת־cha.tat-H2403of witchcraftקֶ֙סֶם֙ke.semH7081,and stubbornnessהַפְצַ֑רhaf.TzarH6484is asiniquityוְאָ֥וֶןve.'A.venH205and idolatryוּתְרָפִ֖יםu.te.ra.FimH8655.Because thou hast rejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ma.'As.taH3988the wordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,he hath also rejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988thee from beingkingמִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סmi.Me.lekhH4428.

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