Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 2:12-25

12Now thesonsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121ofEliעֵלִ֖י'e.LiH5941weresonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Belial; theyknewיָדְע֖וּya.de.'UH3045notלֹ֥אlo'H3808theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

13And thecustomוּמִשְׁפַּ֥טu.mish.PatH4941of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548with thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971was, that, whenanyכָּל־kol-H3605manאִ֞ישׁ'ishH376offeredזֹבֵ֣חַzo.Ve.achH2076sacrificeזֶ֗בַחZe.vachH2077, thepriest’sהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548servantנַ֤עַרNa.'arH5288cameוּבָ֨אu.Va'H935,whileH4941thefleshהַבָּשָׂ֔רha.ba.SarH1320was in seething, with a fleshhook ofthreeשְׁלֹ֥שׁ־she.Losh-H7969teethהַשִּׁנַּ֖יִםha.shi.Na.yimH8127in hishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027;

14and hestruckוְהִכָּ֨הve.hi.KahH5221itintoH935thepanבַכִּיּ֜וֹרva.ki.YorH3595, orkettleבַדּ֗וּדva.DudH1731, orcaldronבַקַּלַּ֙חַת֙va.ka.La.chatH7037, orpotבַפָּר֔וּרva.pa.RurH6517;allכֹּ֚לkolH3605that the fleshhookbroughtH935upיַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.LehH5927thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548tookיִקַּ֥חyi.KachH3947therewith.SoH6213theydidH6213inShilohבְּשִׁלֹֽה׃be.shi.LohH7887untoallלְכָל־le.kholH3605theIsraelitesיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatcameH935thither.

15Yeaכִּ֥יkiH3588,beforeבְּטֶרֶם֮be.te.RemH2962theyburntיַקְטִר֣וּןyak.ti.RunH6999thefatהַחֵלֶב֒ha.che.LevH2459, thepriest’sהַכֹּהֵ֗ןha.ko.HenH3548servantנַ֣עַרNa.'arH5288cameוּבָ֣א׀u.Va'H935, andsaidוְאָמַר֙ve.'a.MarH559to themanלָאִ֣ישׁla.'IshH376thatsacrificedהַזֹּבֵ֔חַha.zo.Ve.achH2076,Giveתְּנָ֣הte.NahH5414fleshבָשָׂ֔רva.SarH1320toroastלִצְל֖וֹתlitz.LotH6740for thepriestלַכֹּהֵ֑ןla.ko.HenH3548; for he willnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808have soddenfleshבָּשָׂ֥רba.SarH1320of thee, butrawחָֽי׃ChaiH2416.

16AndifH518themanהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, They willsurelyכִּ֚יkiH3588burnH6999thefatהַחֵ֔לֶבha.Che.levH2459presently, and thentakeוְקַ֨ח־ve.Kach-H3947asmuchכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.SherH834as thysoulנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָnaf.She.khaH5315desireth; then he wouldsayוְאָמַ֥ר׀ve.'a.MarH559, Nay, but thou shaltgiveתִתֵּ֔ןti.TenH5414itmeאֵלָ֜יו'e.LavH413nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258: andifH518notH3808, I willtakeלָקַ֥חְתִּיla.Kach.tiH3947it byforceבְחָזְקָֽה׃ve.cha.ze.KahH2394.

17And thesinחַטַּ֧אתcha.TatH2403of theyoungהַנְּעָרִ֛יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288menH376wasveryמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966greatגְּדוֹלָ֥הge.do.LahH1419beforeפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: formenH376abhorred the offering of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

18ButSamuelוּשְׁמוּאֵ֕לu.she.mu.'ElH8050ministeredמְשָׁרֵ֖תme.sha.RetH8334beforeפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, being achildנַ֕עַרNa.'arH5288,girdedחָג֖וּרcha.GurH2296with alinenבָּֽד׃BadH906ephodאֵפ֥וֹד'e.FodH646.

19Moreover hismotherאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517madeתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213him alittleקָטֹן֙ka.TonH6996robeוּמְעִ֤ילu.me.'IlH4598, andbroughtH5927it to him fromyearH3117toyearH3117, whensheH517cameH5927upH5927withherH3117husbandאִישָׁ֔הּ'i.ShahH376toofferH5927theyearlyH3117sacrificeזֶ֥בַחZe.vachH2077.

20AndEliעֵלִ֜י'e.LiH5941blessedוּבֵרַ֨ךְu.ve.RakhH1288Elkanahאֶלְקָנָ֣ה'el.ka.NahH511and hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ'ish.ToH802, andsaidוְאָמַר֙ve.'a.MarH559, TheLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068giveיָשֵׂם֩ya.SemH7760theeseedזֶ֙רַע֙ze.ra'H2233of thiswomanהָאִשָּׁ֣הha.'i.ShahH802for the loanwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834was lent to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068. And theywentוְהָלְכ֖וּve.ha.le.KhuH1980unto their ownhomeלִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃lim.ko.MoH4725.

21And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068visitedפָקַ֤דfa.KadH6485Hannahחַנָּ֔הcha.NahH2584, andsheכִּֽי־ki-H3588conceivedוַתַּ֛הַרva.Ta.harH2029, and barethreeשְׁלֹשָֽׁה־she.lo.shah-H7969sonsבָנִ֖יםva.NimH1121andtwoוּשְׁתֵּ֣יu.she.TeiH8147daughtersבָנ֑וֹתva.NotH1323. And thechildהַנַּ֥עַרha.Na.'arH5288Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050grewוַיִּגְדַּ֛לvai.yig.DalH1431beforeעִם־'im-H5973theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

22NowH8085Eliוְעֵלִ֖יve.'e.LiH5941wasveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966oldH1121; and heheardH8085allכָּל־kol-H3605that hissonsבָּנָיו֙ba.NavH1121didH6213untoallלְכָל־le.kholH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andhowH834that theylayיִשְׁכְּבוּן֙yish.ke.VunH7901with thewomenהַנָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.ShimH802thatdidH6213service at thedoorפֶּ֖תַחPe.tachH6607of thetentאֹ֥הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵֽד׃mo.'EdH4150.

23And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100doתַעֲשׂ֖וּןta.'a.SunH6213yesuchH428things? for Ihearשֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙sho.Me.a'H8085of yourevilרָעִ֔יםra.'ImH7451dealingsH1697fromallכָּל־kol-H3605thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971.

24Nay, mysonsבָּנָ֑יba.NaiH1121; for it isnoלֽוֹא־lo'-H3808goodטוֹבָ֤הto.VahH2896reportהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ha.she.mu.'AhH8052that Ihearשֹׁמֵ֔עַsho.Me.a'H8085: yemakeH8085theLORD’Sיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068peopleעַם־'am-H5971totransgressמַעֲבִרִ֖יםma.'a.vi.RimH5674.

25Ifאִם־'im-H518onemanאִ֤ישׁ'ishH376sinיֶחֱטָ֨אye.che.Ta'H2398againstH2398anotherלְאִישׁ֙le.'IshH376,Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430shall judge him: butifוְאִ֤םve.'ImH518amanאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376sinיֶֽחֱטָא־ye.che.ta'-H2398againstH2398theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkenednotוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808unto thevoiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of theirfatherאֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.HemH1,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068wouldslayלַהֲמִיתָֽם׃la.ha.mi.TamH4191them.

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