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1 Samuel 3:10-14

10And the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cameוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935,and stoodוַיִּתְיַצַּ֔בvai.yit.ya.TzavH3320,and calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121as at other timesH6471,Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל׀she.mu.'ElH8050,Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050.Then Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050answeredוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Speakדַּבֵּ֔רda.BerH1696;for thy servantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ פ'av.De.khaH5650hearethשֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'H8085.

11And the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Behold, I will doעֹשֶׂ֥ה'o.SehH6213a thingדָבָ֖רda.VarH1697in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,at which bothשְׁתֵּ֥יshe.TeiH8147the earsאָזְנָֽיו׃'a.ze.NavH241of every one that hearethשֹׁ֣מְע֔וֹsho.me.'OH8085it shall tingleתְּצִלֶּ֖ינָהte.tzi.Lei.nahH6750.

12In that dayבַּיּ֤וֹםbai.YomH3117I will performאָקִ֣ים'a.KimH6965against Eliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941all thingswhich I have spokenדִּבַּ֖רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696concerningH413his houseבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004:when I beginהָחֵ֖לha.ChelH2490,I will also make an endוְכַלֵּֽה׃ve.kha.LehH3615.

13For I have toldוְהִגַּ֣דְתִּיve.hi.Gad.tiH5046him that I will judgeשֹׁפֵ֥טsho.FetH8199his houseבֵּית֖וֹbei.ToH1004forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769for the iniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771which he knowethיָדַ֗עya.Da'H3045;because his sonsבָּנָ֔יוba.NavH1121made themselves vileמְקַֽלְלִ֤יםme.ka.LimH7043,and he restrainedכִהָ֖הkhi.HahH3543them not.

14And therefore I have swornנִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnish.Ba'.tiH7650unto the houseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004of Eliעֵלִ֑י'e.LiH5941,that the iniquityעֲוֹ֧ן'a.VonH5771of Eli’sעֵלִ֛י'e.LiH5941houseבֵּית־beit-H1004shall not be purgedיִתְכַּפֵּ֞רyit.ka.PerH3722with sacrificeבְּזֶ֥בַחbe.Ze.vachH2077nor offeringוּבְמִנְחָ֖הu.ve.min.ChahH4503forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

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