Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 3:4-14

4that theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068calledוַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050: and hesaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Hereהִנֵּֽנִי׃hi.Ne.niH2005am I.

5And heranוַיָּ֣רָץvai.Ya.rotzH7323untoEliעֵלִ֗י'e.LiH5941, andsaidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Hereהִנְנִי֙hi.NiH2005am I; for thou calledstmeאֶל־'el-H413. And hesaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, IcalledH7121notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808;lieשְׁכָ֑בshe.KhavH7901downH7901againH7725. And hewentH7725andlayH7901downוַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ סvai.yish.KavH7901.

6And theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068calledH7121yetagainעוֹד֮'OdH5750,Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֒she.mu.'ElH8050. AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050aroseוַיָּ֤קָםvai.Ya.komH6965andwentשׁ֥וּבshuvH7725toEliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Hereהִנְנִ֔יhi.NiH2005am I; for thou calledstmeאֶל־'el-H413. And heansweredוַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, IcalledH7121notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808, mysonבְנִ֖יve.NiH1121;lieשְׁכָֽב׃she.KhavH7901downH7901againH5750.

7NowSamuelוּשְׁמוּאֵ֕לu.she.mu.'ElH8050didnotH3045yetknowH3045theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, neither was thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068yetrevealedיִגָּלֶ֥הyi.ga.LehH1540unto him.

8And theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068calledH7121Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֮she.mu.'ElH8050againוַיֹּ֨סֶףvai.Yo.sefH3254thethirdבַּשְּׁלִשִׁית֒ba.she.li.ShitH7992time. And hearoseH6965andwentH6965toEliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Hereהִנְנִ֔יhi.NiH2005am I; for thou calledstmeאֶל־'el-H413. AndEliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941perceivedוַיָּ֣בֶןvai.Ya.venH995that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hadcalledH7121thechildלַנָּֽעַר׃la.Na.'arH5288.

9ThereforeEliעֵלִ֣י'e.LiH5941saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoSamuelלִשְׁמוּאֵל֮lish.mu.'ElH8050,Goוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961,lieשְׁכָב֒she.KhavH7901downH7901: and it shall be,ifאִם־'im-H518hecallיִקְרָ֣אyik.Ra'H7121thee, that thou shaltsayוְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.TaH559,Speakדַּבֵּ֣רda.BerH1696,LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; for thyservantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaH5650heareth.SoH7121Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050wentאֵלֶ֔יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413andlayH7901downוַיִּשְׁכַּ֖בvai.yish.KavH7901in hisplaceבִּמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃bim.ko.MoH4725.

10And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cameוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935, andstoodוַיִּתְיַצַּ֔בvai.yit.ya.TzavH3320andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121as atotherכְפַֽעַם־khe.fa.'am-H6471timesבְּפַ֖עַםbe.Fa.'amH6471,Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל׀she.mu.'ElH8050,Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050. ThenSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Speakדַּבֵּ֔רda.BerH1696; for thyservantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ פ'av.De.khaH5650heareth.

11And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Beholdהִנֵּ֧הhi.NehH2009, I willdoעֹשֶׂ֥ה'o.SehH6213athingדָבָ֖רda.VarH1697inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, atwhichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834bothשְׁתֵּ֥יshe.TeiH8147theearsאָזְנָֽיו׃'a.ze.NavH241ofeveryכָּל־kol-H3605one that heareth it shalltingleתְּצִלֶּ֖ינָהte.tzi.Lei.nahH6750.

12In thatdayבַּיּ֤וֹםbai.YomH3117I will performagainstH413Eliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941allכָּל־kol-H3605that I havespokenדִּבַּ֖רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696concerning hishouseבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004, from thebeginningהָחֵ֖לha.ChelH2490evenאֵ֛ת'etH853unto theendוְכַלֵּֽה׃ve.kha.LehH3615.

13For I havetoldוְהִגַּ֣דְתִּיve.hi.Gad.tiH5046him that I willjudgeשֹׁפֵ֥טsho.FetH8199hishouseבֵּית֖וֹbei.ToH1004foreverעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769, for theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771whichH834heknewH3045,becauseH3588hissonsבָּנָ֔יוba.NavH1121didH834bringH3045acurseמְקַֽלְלִ֤יםme.ka.LimH7043uponthemselvesH5771, and he restrained themnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

14And therefore I haveswornנִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnish.Ba'.tiH7650unto thehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofEliעֵלִ֑י'e.LiH5941, that theiniquityעֲוֹ֧ן'a.VonH5771ofEli’sעֵלִ֛י'e.LiH5941houseבֵּית־beit-H1004shallnotH518be purged withsacrificeבְּזֶ֥בַחbe.Ze.vachH2077norH518offering foreverעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

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