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1 Samuel 15:21-25

21But the peopleהָעָ֧םha.'AmH5971tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947of the spoilמֵהַשָּׁלָ֛לme.ha.sha.LalH7998,sheepצֹ֥אןtzonH6629and oxenוּבָקָ֖רu.va.KarH1241,the chiefרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225of the things which should have been utterly destroyedהַחֵ֑רֶםha.Che.remH2764,to sacrificeלִזְבֹּ֛חַliz.Bo.achH2076unto Yhwhלַֽיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in Gilgalבַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ba.gil.GalH1537.

22And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,hath Yhwhלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068as greatdelightהַחֵ֤פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656in burnt offeringsבְּעֹל֣וֹתbe.'o.LotH5930and sacrificesוּזְבָחִ֔יםu.ze.va.ChimH2077,as in obeyingכִּשְׁמֹ֖עַkish.Mo.a'H8085the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068?Behold, to obeyשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙she.Mo.a'H8085isbetterט֔וֹבTovH2896than sacrificeמִזֶּ֣בַחmi.Ze.vachH2077, andto hearkenלְהַקְשִׁ֖יבle.hak.ShivH7181than the fatמֵחֵ֥לֶבme.Che.levH2459of ramsאֵילִֽים׃'ei.LimH352.

23For rebellionמֶ֔רִיMe.riH4805is asthe sinחַטַּאת־cha.tat-H2403of witchcraftקֶ֙סֶם֙ke.semH7081,and stubbornnessהַפְצַ֑רhaf.TzarH6484is asiniquityוְאָ֥וֶןve.'A.venH205and idolatryוּתְרָפִ֖יםu.te.ra.FimH8655.Because thou hast rejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ma.'As.taH3988the wordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,he hath also rejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988thee from beingkingמִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סmi.Me.lekhH4428.

24And Saulשָׁא֤וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050,I have sinnedחָטָ֔אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398:for I have transgressedעָבַ֥רְתִּי'a.Var.tiH5674the commandmentפִּֽי־pi-H6310of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,and thy wordsדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697:because I fearedיָרֵ֙אתִי֙ya.Re.tiH3372the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,and obeyedוָאֶשְׁמַ֖עva.'esh.Ma'H8085their voiceבְּקוֹלָֽם׃be.ko.LamH6963.

25Now therefore, I pray thee, pardonשָׂ֥אsa'H5375my sinחַטָּאתִ֑יcha.ta.TiH2403,and turn againוְשׁ֣וּבve.ShuvH7725with me, that I may worshipוְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הve.'esh.ta.cha.VehH7812Yhwhלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

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