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1 Samuel 28:15-17

15And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586,Why hast thou disquietedהִרְגַּזְתַּ֖נִיhir.gaz.Ta.niH7264me, to bring me upלְהַעֲל֣וֹתle.ha.'a.LotH5927?And Saulשָׁ֠אוּלSha.'ulH7586answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,I am soreמְאֹ֜דme.'OdH3966distressedצַר־tzar-H6887;for the Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים׀u.fe.lish.TimH6430make warנִלְחָמִ֣יםnil.cha.MimH3898against me, and Godוֵֽאלֹהִ֞יםve.lo.HimH430is departedסָ֤רsarH5493from me, and answerethעָנָ֣נִי'a.Na.niH6030me no more, neither byבְּיַֽד־be.yad-H3027prophetsהַנְּבִיאִם֙ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,nor by dreamsבַּ֣חֲלֹמ֔וֹתba.cha.lo.MotH2472:therefore I have calledוָאֶקְרָאֶ֣הva.'ek.ra.'EhH7121thee, that thou mayest make knownלְהוֹדִיעֵ֖נִיle.ho.di.'E.niH3045unto me what I shall doאֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃ ס'e.'e.SehH6213.

16Then saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Wherefore then dost thou askתִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִיtish.'a.Le.niH7592of me, seeing the Lordוַיהוָ֛הva.Yah.wehH3068is departedסָ֥רsarH5493from thee, and is become thine enemyעָרֶֽךָ׃'a.Re.khaH6145?

17And the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath doneוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213to him, as he spakeדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696by meבְּיָדִ֑יbe.ya.DiH3027:for the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hath rentוַיִּקְרַ֨עvai.yik.Ra'H7167the kingdomהַמַּמְלָכָה֙ha.mam.la.KhahH4467out of thine handמִיָּדֶ֔ךָmi.ya.De.khaH3027,and givenוַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּvai.yi.te.NahH5414it to thy neighbourלְרֵעֲךָ֥le.re.'a.KhaH7453, evento Davidלְדָוִֽד׃le.da.VidH1732:

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