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1 Samuel 28:16-19

16Then saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Wherefore then dost thou askתִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִיtish.'a.Le.niH7592of me, seeing Yhwhוַיהוָ֛הva.Yah.wehH3068is departedסָ֥רsarH5493from thee, and is become thine enemyעָרֶֽךָ׃'a.Re.khaH6145?

17And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath doneוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213to him, as he spakeדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696by meבְּיָדִ֑יbe.ya.DiH3027:for Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hath rentוַיִּקְרַ֨עvai.yik.Ra'H7167the kingdomהַמַּמְלָכָה֙ha.mam.la.KhahH4467out of thine handמִיָּדֶ֔ךָmi.ya.De.khaH3027,and givenוַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּvai.yi.te.NahH5414it to thy neighbourלְרֵעֲךָ֥le.re.'a.KhaH7453, evento Davidלְדָוִֽד׃le.da.VidH1732:

18Becauseכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.SherH834thou obeyedstשָׁמַ֙עְתָּ֙sha.Ma'.taH8085not the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,nor executedstעָשִׂ֥יתָ'a.Si.taH6213his fierceחֲרוֹן־cha.ron-H2740wrathאַפּ֖וֹ'a.PoH639upon Amalekבַּעֲמָלֵ֑קba.'a.ma.LekH6002,therefore hath Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068doneעָשָֽׂה־'a.sah-H6213this thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697unto thee this dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

19Moreover Yhwhיְ֠הוָהYah.wehH3068will also deliverוְיִתֵּ֣ןve.yi.TenH5414Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478with thee into the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430:and to morrowוּמָחָ֕רu.ma.CharH4279shaltthou and thy sonsוּבָנֶ֖יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121bewith me: Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068also shall deliverיִתֵּ֥ןyi.TenH5414the armyמַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.NehH4264of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478into the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃pe.lish.TimH6430.

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