Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 13:4-8

4Andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֞לYis.ra.'ElH3478heardשָׁמְע֣וּsha.me.'UH8085sayלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559thatSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586hadsmittenהִכָּ֤הhi.KahH5221thegarrisonנְצִ֣יבne.TzivH5333of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430, and thatIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478also was had in abomination with thePhilistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםba.pe.lish.TimH6430. And thepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971were gatheredtogetherוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571afterאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310Saulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586toGilgalהַגִּלְגָּֽל׃ha.gil.GalH1537.

5And thePhilistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞יםu.fe.lish.TimH6430assembledH622themselvesH622togetherH622tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֣םle.hi.la.ChemH3898withIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםshe.lo.ShimH7970thousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505chariotsרֶ֙כֶב֙re.khevH7393, andsixוְשֵׁ֤שֶׁתve.She.shetH8337thousandאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֔יםpa.ra.ShimH6571, andpeopleוְעָ֕םve.'AmH5971as thesandכַּח֛וֹלka.CholH2344whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834is on theseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220shoreשְׂפַֽת־se.fat-H8193inmultitudeלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230: and theycameH5927upH5927, andpitchedוַיַּחֲנ֣וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583inMichmashבְמִכְמָ֔שׂve.mikh.MasH4363, eastward of Beth-aven.

6When themenH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478sawרָאוּ֙ra.'UH7200that they were in a strait, (for thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971were distressed,) then thepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971didH376hideH2244themselvesH2244incavesבַּמְּעָר֤וֹתba.me.'a.RotH4631, and in thickets, and inrocksוּבַסְּלָעִ֔יםu.va.se.la.'ImH5553, and in holds, and inpitsוּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃u.va.bo.RotH953.

7NowH310someH3605of theHebrewsוְעִבְרִ֗יםve.'iv.RimH5680had gone overJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383to thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofGadגָּ֖דgadH1410andGileadוְגִלְעָ֑דve.gil.'AdH1568; but as forSaulוְשָׁאוּל֙ve.sha.'UlH7586, he was yet inGilgalבַגִּלְגָּ֔לva.gil.GalH1537, andallH3605thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971followedH310himtremblingחָרְד֥וּcha.re.DuH2729.

8And he tarriedsevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֗יםya.MimH3117,accordingמֵעָלָֽיו׃me.'a.LavH5921to thesetH935time thatSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050hadappointedלַמּוֹעֵד֙la.mo.'EdH4150: butSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050cameבָ֥אva'H935notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808toGilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֑לha.gil.GalH1537; and thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971werescatteredוַיָּ֥פֶץvai.Ya.fetzH6327from him.

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