Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 8:19-22

19But thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971refusedוַיְמָאֲנ֣וּvay.ma.'a.NuH3985to hearken unto thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050; and theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, Nay; butweכִּ֥יkiH3588will have akingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overusעָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuH5921;

20thatweאֲנַ֖חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587also may be likeallכְּכָל־ke.khol-H3605thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471; and that ourkingמַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙mal.Ke.nuH4428mayjudgeוּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּu.she.fa.Ta.nuH8199usH6440, andgoוְיָצָ֣אve.ya.Tza'H3318outH3318beforeH6440usH6440, andfightוְנִלְחַ֖םve.nil.ChamH3898ourbattlesמִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃mil.cha.mo.Te.nuH4421.

21AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085allכָּל־kol-H3605thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971, and he rehearsed them in theearsבְּאָזְנֵ֥יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

22And theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050, Hearken unto theirvoiceבְּקוֹלָ֔םbe.ko.LamH6963, andmakeשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085them akingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428. AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto themenאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Go yeeveryH376manH376unto hiscityלְעִירֽוֹ׃ פle.'i.RoH5892.

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