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1 Samuel 11:9-12

9And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto the messengersלַמַּלְאָכִ֣יםla.mal.'a.KhimH4397that cameהַבָּאִ֗יםha.ba.'ImH935,Thus shall ye sayתֹֽאמְרוּן֙to.me.RunH559unto the menלְאִישׁ֙le.'IshH376of Jabesh–gileadיָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֔דya.Veish gil.'AdH1568 H3003,To morrowמָחָ֛רma.CharH4279, by that timethe sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121be hotכְּחֹ֣םke.chomH2527,ye shall have helpתְּשׁוּעָ֖הte.shu.'AhH8668.And the messengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֗יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397cameוַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935and shewedוַיַּגִּ֛ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046itto the menלְאַנְשֵׁ֥יle.'an.SheiH582of Jabeshיָבֵ֖ישׁya.VeishH3003;and they were gladוַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ׃vai.yis.Ma.chuH8055.

10Therefore the menאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582of Jabeshיָבֵ֔ישׁya.VeishH3003saidוַֽיֹּאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559,To morrowמָחָ֖רma.CharH4279we will come outנֵצֵ֣אne.Tze'H3318unto you, and ye shall doוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣םva.'a.si.TemH6213with us all that seemethבְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ סbe.'ei.nei.KhemH5869goodהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896unto you.

11And it was soon the morrowמִֽמָּחֳרָ֗תmi.mo.cho.RatH4283,that Saulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586putוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760the peopleהָעָם֮ha.'AmH5971in threeשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahH7969companiesרָאשִׁים֒ra.ShimH7218;and they cameוַיָּבֹ֤אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935into the midstבְתוֹךְ־ve.tokh-H8432of the armyהַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ha.ma.cha.NehH4264in the morningהַבֹּ֔קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242watchבְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶתbe.'ash.Mo.retH821,and slewוַיַּכּ֥וּvai.ya.KuH5221the Ammonitesעַמּ֖וֹןa.MonH5983until the heatחֹ֣םchomH2527of the dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117:and it came to pass, that they which remainedהַנִּשְׁאָרִים֙ha.nish.'a.RimH7604were scatteredוַיָּפֻ֔צוּvai.ya.Fu.tzuH6327,so that twoשְׁנַ֥יִםshe.Na.yimH8147of them were not leftנִשְׁאֲרוּ־nish.'a.ru-H7604togetherיָֽחַד׃Ya.chadH3162.

12And the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050, Who ishe that saidהָאֹמֵ֔רha.'o.MerH559,Shall Saulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586reignיִמְלֹ֣ךְyim.LokhH4427over us? bringתְּנ֥וּte.NuH5414the menהָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםha.'a.na.ShimH582,that we may put them to deathוּנְמִיתֵֽם׃u.ne.mi.TemH4191.

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