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1 Samuel 2:29-31

29Wherefore kickתִבְעֲט֗וּtiv.'a.TuH1163ye at my sacrificeבְּזִבְחִי֙be.ziv.ChiH2077and at mine offeringוּבְמִנְחָתִ֔יu.ve.min.cha.TiH4503,which I have commandedצִוִּ֖יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680in myhabitationמָע֑וֹןma.'onH4583;and honourestוַתְּכַבֵּ֤דva.te.kha.BedH3513thy sonsבָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ba.Nei.khaH1121above me, to make yourselves fatלְהַבְרִֽיאֲכֶ֗םle.hav.ri.'a.KhemH1254with the chiefestמֵרֵאשִׁ֛יתme.re.ShitH7225of all the offeringsמִנְחַ֥תmin.ChatH4503of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478my peopleלְעַמִּֽי׃le.'a.MiH5971?

30Wherefore the Lordיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002,I saidאָמ֣וֹר'a.MorH559indeedאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559thatthy houseבֵּֽיתְךָ֙bei.te.KhaH1004,and the houseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004of thy fatherאָבִ֔יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1,should walkיִתְהַלְּכ֥וּyit.ha.le.KhuH1980beforeלְפָנַ֖יle.fa.NaiH6440me forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769:but now the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002,Be it far from meחָלִ֣ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486;for them that honourמְכַבְּדַ֥יme.kha.be.DaiH3513me I will honourאֲכַבֵּ֖ד'a.kha.BedH3513,and they that despiseוּבֹזַ֥יu.vo.ZaiH959me shall be lightly esteemedיֵקָֽלּוּ׃ye.Ka.luH7043.

31Behold, the daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117comeבָּאִ֔יםba.'ImH935,that I will cut offוְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙ve.ga.da'.TiH1438thine armזְרֹ֣עֲךָ֔ze.Ro.'a.khaH2220,and the armזְרֹ֖עַze.Ro.a'H2220of thy father’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,that there shall not be an old manזָקֵ֖ןza.KenH2205in thine houseבְּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃be.vei.Te.khaH1004.

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