Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 15:16-19

16ThenSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidH559untoSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586, Stay, and I willtellוְאַגִּ֣ידָהve.'a.Gi.dahH5046theewhatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068hathsaidH559tomeH413thisnightהַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahH3915. And hesaidH559unto him,SayH559on.

17AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Thoughאִם־'im-H518thou wastlittleקָטֹ֤ןka.TonH6996in thineownבְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869sightH5869, wast thounotהֲל֗וֹאha.Lo'H3808made theheadרֹ֛אשׁroshH7218of thetribesשִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.TeiH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478? And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068anointedוַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧vai.yim.sha.cha.KhaH4886theekingלְמֶ֖לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

18and theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068sentH7971thee on ajourneyבְּדָ֑רֶךְbe.Da.rekhH1870, andsaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,GoH7971and utterlydestroyכַּלּוֹתָ֖םka.lo.TamH3615thesinnersהַֽחַטָּאִים֙ha.cha.ta.'ImH2400theAmalekitesעֲמָלֵ֔ק'a.ma.LekH6002, andfightH3898againstH3898themuntilעַ֥ד'adH5704they beconsumedH3615.

19wherefore then didst thounotלֹא־lo'-H3808obeyשָׁמַ֖עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, but didst flyuponאֶל־'el-H413thespoilהַשָּׁלָ֔לha.sha.LalH7998, and didst thatwhichH5869wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightH5869of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068?

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