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1 Samuel 8:5-9

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 Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

7And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.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.

8According to all the worksהַמַּעֲשִׂ֣יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639which they have doneעָשׂ֗וּ'a.SuH6213since the dayמִיּוֹם֩mi.yOmH3117that I brought them upהַעֲלֹתִ֨יha.'a.lo.TiH5927out of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714even unto this dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,wherewith they have forsakenוַיַּ֣עַזְבֻ֔נִיvai.Ya.'az.Vu.niH5800me, and servedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,so doעֹשִׂ֖ים'o.SimH6213they also unto thee.

9Now therefore hearkenשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085unto their voiceבְּקוֹלָ֑םbe.ko.LamH6963:howbeitאַ֗ךְ'AkhH389yet protestהָעֵ֤דha.'EdH5749solemnlyתָּעִיד֙ta.'IdH5749unto them, and shewוְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ve.hi.gad.TaH5046them the mannerמִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.PatH4941of the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428that shall reignיִמְלֹ֖ךְyim.LokhH4427over them.

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