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1 Samuel 15:23-30

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.

24And Saulשָׁא֤וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050,I have sinnedחָטָ֔אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398:for I have transgressedעָבַ֥רְתִּי'a.Var.tiH5674the commandmentפִּֽי־pi-H6310of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,and thy wordsדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697:because I fearedיָרֵ֙אתִי֙ya.Re.tiH3372the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,and obeyedוָאֶשְׁמַ֖עva.'esh.Ma'H8085their voiceבְּקוֹלָֽם׃be.ko.LamH6963.

25Now therefore, I pray thee, pardonשָׂ֥אsa'H5375my sinחַטָּאתִ֑יcha.ta.TiH2403,and turn againוְשׁ֣וּבve.ShuvH7725with me, that I may worshipוְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הve.'esh.ta.cha.VehH7812the Lordלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

26And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586,I will not returnאָשׁ֖וּב'a.ShuvH7725with thee: for thou hast rejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּה֙ma.'As.tahH3988the wordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,and the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hath rejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988thee from being kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

27And as Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050turned aboutוַיִּסֹּ֥בvai.yi.SoH5437to go awayH3212,he laid holdוַיַּחֲזֵ֥קvai.ya.cha.ZekH2388upon the skirtבִּכְנַף־bikh.naf-H3671of his mantleמְעִיל֖וֹme.'i.LoH4598,and it rentוַיִּקָּרַֽע׃vai.yi.ka.Ra'H7167.

28And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, The Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068hath rentקָרַ֨עka.Ra'H7167the kingdomמַמְלְכ֧וּתmam.le.KhutH4468of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478from thee this dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117,and hath givenוּנְתָנָ֕הּu.ne.ta.NahH5414it to a neighbourלְרֵעֲךָ֖le.re.'a.KhaH7453of thine, that isbetterהַטּ֥וֹבha.TovH2896than thou.

29And also the Strengthנֵ֣צַחNe.tzachH5331of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478will not lieיְשַׁקֵּ֖רye.sha.KerH8266nor repentיִנָּחֵ֑םyi.na.ChemH5162: for he isnot a manאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120,that he should repentלְהִנָּחֵֽם׃le.hi.na.ChemH5162.

30Then he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,I have sinnedחָטָ֔אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398: yethonourכַּבְּדֵ֥נִיka.be.De.niH3513me now, I pray thee, before the eldersזִקְנֵֽי־zik.nei-H2205of my peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971,and before Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and turn againוְשׁ֣וּבve.ShuvH7725with me, that I may worshipוְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִיve.hish.ta.cha.Vei.tiH7812the Lordלַֽיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

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