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1 Samuel 8:4-7

4Then all the eldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478gathered themselves togetherוַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּvai.yit.ka.be.TzuH6908,and cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050unto Ramahהָרָמָֽתָה׃ha.ra.Ma.tahH7414,

5And saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto him, Behold, thou art oldזָקַ֔נְתָּza.Kan.taH2204,and thy sonsוּבָנֶ֕יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121walkהָלְכ֖וּha.le.KhuH1980not in thy waysבִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָbid.ra.Khei.khaH1870:now makeשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760us a kingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428to judgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199us like all the nationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

6But the thingהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697displeasedבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869 H3415Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,when they saidאָמְר֔וּ'a.me.RuH559,Giveתְּנָה־te.nah-H5414us a kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428to judgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֑נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199us. And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419unto the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

7And the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Hearkenשְׁמַע֙she.Ma'H8085unto the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971in all that they sayיֹאמְר֖וּyo.me.RuH559unto thee: for they have not rejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988thee, but they have rejectedמָאֲס֖וּma.'a.SuH3988me, that I should not reignמִמְּלֹ֥ךְmi.me.LokhH4427over them.

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