Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 8:1-5

1And itcameH1961topassH1961, whenSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050wasoldH1121, that hemadeוַיָּ֧שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760hissonsבָּנָ֛יוba.NavH1121judgesשֹׁפְטִ֖יםsho.fe.TimH8199overIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2Nowוַיְהִ֞יvay.HiH1961thenameשֶׁם־shem-H8034of hisfirstbornהַבְּכוֹר֙ha.be.khOrH1060wasJoelיוֹאֵ֔לyo.'ElH3100; and thenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034of hissecondמִשְׁנֵ֖הוּmish.Ne.huH4932,Abijahאֲבִיָּ֑ה'a.vi.YahH29: they werejudgesשֹׁפְטִ֖יםsho.fe.TimH8199in Beer-sheba.

3And hissonsבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121walkedהָלְכ֤וּha.le.KhuH1980notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808in hiswaysבִּדְרָכָ֔יוbe.dar.khovH1870, butturnedוַיִּטּ֖וּvai.yi.TuH5186asideוַיַּטּ֖וּvai.ya.TuH5186afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310lucre, andtookוַיִּ֨קְחוּ־vai.Yik.chu-H3947bribesשֹׁ֔חַדSho.chadH7810, andpervertedH5186judgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ פmish.PatH4941.

4Thenallכֹּ֖לkolH3605theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478gatheredH6908themselvesH6908togetherוַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּvai.yit.ka.be.TzuH6908, andcameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050untoRamahהָרָמָֽתָה׃ha.ra.Ma.tahH7414:

5and theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto him,Beholdהִנֵּה֙hi.NehH2009, thou artoldH1121, and thysonsוּבָנֶ֕יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121walkהָלְכ֖וּha.le.KhuH1980notלֹ֥אlo'H3808in thywaysבִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָbid.ra.Khei.khaH1870:nowעַתָּ֗ה'a.TahH6258makeשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760usH413akingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428tojudgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199usH413likeallכְּכָל־ke.khol-H3605thenationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

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