Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 8:4-7

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.

6But thethingהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697displeasedוַיֵּ֤רַעvai.Ye.ra'H7489Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050; when theysaidאָמְר֔וּ'a.me.RuH559,Giveתְּנָה־te.nah-H5414usH5414akingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428tojudgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֑נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199usH5414. AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419unto theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

7And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050, Hearken unto thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971inallלְכֹ֥לle.KholH3605that theysayיֹאמְר֖וּyo.me.RuH559unto thee: for they havenotH3808rejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988thee, but they haverejectedמָאֲס֖וּma.'a.SuH3988meH413, that I shouldnotH3808bekingמִמְּלֹ֥ךְmi.me.LokhH4427over them.

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