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1 Samuel 8:19-22

19Nevertheless the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971refusedוַיְמָאֲנ֣וּvay.ma.'a.NuH3985to obeyלִשְׁמֹ֖עַlish.Mo.a'H8085the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050;and they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Nay; but we will have a kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over us;

20That we also may be like all the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471;and that our kingמַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙mal.Ke.nuH4428may judgeוּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּu.she.fa.Ta.nuH8199us, and go outוְיָצָ֣אve.ya.Tza'H3318beforeלְפָנֵ֔ינוּle.fa.Nei.nuH6440us, and fightוְנִלְחַ֖םve.nil.ChamH3898our battlesמִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃mil.cha.mo.Te.nuH4421.

21And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085all the wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of the peopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971,and he rehearsedוַֽיְדַבְּרֵ֖םvay.da.be.RemH1696them in the earsבְּאָזְנֵ֥יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

22And the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050,Hearkenשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085unto their voiceבְּקוֹלָ֔םbe.ko.LamH6963,and makeוְהִמְלַכְתָּ֥ve.him.lakh.TaH4427them a kingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428.And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto the menאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,GoH3212ye every manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376unto his cityלְעִירֽוֹ׃ פle.'i.RoH5892.

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