New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Samuel 3:4-10

4that the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068calledוַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050;and he saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “HereH2009I am.”

5Then he ranוַיָּ֣רָץvai.Ya.rotzH7323to Eliעֵלִ֗י'e.LiH5941and saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “HereH2009I am, for you calledקָרָ֣אתָka.Ra.taH7121me.” But he saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “I did not callקָרָ֖אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121,goH7725backH7725andlieשְׁכָ֑בshe.KhavH7901downH7901.”So he wentוַיֵּ֖לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980and layH7901downוַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ סvai.yish.KavH7901.

6And the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068calledקְרֹ֣אke.Ro'H7121yetעוֹד֮'OdH5750againוַיֹּ֣סֶףvai.Yo.sefH3254, “Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֒she.mu.'ElH8050!”So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050gotH6965upH6965and wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980to Eliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “HereH2009I am, for you calledקָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.taH7121me.” But he saidוַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “I did not callקָרָ֥אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121,my sonבְנִ֖יve.NiH1121,goH7725backH7725andlieשְׁכָֽב׃she.KhavH7901downH7901.”

7Now Samuelוּשְׁמוּאֵ֕לu.she.mu.'ElH8050did not yetH2962knowיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,norH2962had the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068yetH2962been revealedיִגָּלֶ֥הyi.ga.LehH1540to him.

8So the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068calledקְרֹא־ke.ro'-H7121Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֮she.mu.'ElH8050againוַיֹּ֨סֶףvai.Yo.sefH3254for the thirdבַּשְּׁלִשִׁית֒ba.she.li.ShitH7992timeH7992.And he gotH6965upH6965and wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980to Eliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “HereH2009I am, for you calledקָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.taH7121me.” Then Eliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941realizedוַיָּ֣בֶןvai.Ya.venH995that the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068was callingקֹרֵ֥אko.Re'H7121the boyלַנָּֽעַר׃la.Na.'arH5288.

9And Eliעֵלִ֣י'e.LiH5941saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Samuelלִשְׁמוּאֵל֮lish.mu.'ElH8050, “Goלֵ֣ךְlekhH1980lieשְׁכָב֒she.KhavH7901downH7901,and it shall be ifאִם־'im-H518He callsיִקְרָ֣אyik.Ra'H7121you, that you shall sayוְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.TaH559, ‘Speakדַּבֵּ֣רda.BerH1696, Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,for Your servantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaH5650is listeningשֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'H8085.’”So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980and layH7901downוַיִּשְׁכַּ֖בvai.yish.KavH7901in his placeבִּמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃bim.ko.MoH4725.

10Then the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cameוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935and stoodוַיִּתְיַצַּ֔בvai.yit.ya.TzavH3320,and calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121as at theotherכְפַֽעַם־khe.fa.'am-H6471timesבְּפַ֖עַםbe.Fa.'amH6471: “Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל׀she.mu.'ElH8050!Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050!”And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Speakדַּבֵּ֔רda.BerH1696,for Your servantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ פ'av.De.khaH5650is listeningשֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'H8085.”

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