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1 Samuel 2:3-5

3Talkתְדַבְּרוּ֙te.da.be.RuH1696no moreתַּרְבּ֤וּtar.BuH7235so exceedingגְּבֹהָ֣הge.vo.HahH1364proudlyגְבֹהָ֔הge.vo.HahH1364; let notarrogancyעָתָ֖ק'a.TakH6277comeיֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'H3318out of your mouthמִפִּיכֶ֑םmi.pi.KhemH6310:for the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068isa Godאֵ֤ל'elH410of knowledgeדֵּעוֹת֙de.'OtH1844,and by him actionsעֲלִלֽוֹת׃a.li.LotH5949are weighedנִתְכְּנ֖וּnit.ke.NuH8505.

4The bowsקֶ֥שֶׁתKe.shetH7198of the mighty menגִּבֹּרִ֖יםgi.bo.RimH1368arebrokenחַתִּ֑יםcha.TimH2844,and they that stumbledוְנִכְשָׁלִ֖יםve.nikh.sha.LimH3782are girdedאָ֥זְרוּ'A.ze.ruH247with strengthחָֽיִל׃Cha.yilH2428.

5They that werefullשְׂבֵעִ֤יםse.ve.'ImH7649have hired outנִשְׂכָּ֔רוּnis.Ka.ruH7936themselves for breadבַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ba.Le.chemH3899; and they that werehungryוּרְעֵבִ֖יםu.re.'e.VimH7457ceasedחָדֵ֑לּוּcha.De.luH2308:so that the barrenעֲקָרָה֙'a.ka.RahH6135hath bornיָלְדָ֣הYal.dahH3205sevenשִׁבְעָ֔הshiv.'AhH7651;and she that hath manyוְרַבַּ֥תve.ra.BatH7227childrenבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121is waxed feebleאֻמְלָֽלָה׃'um.La.lahH535.

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