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1 Samuel 15:21-25

21But thepeopleהָעָ֧םha.'AmH5971tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947of thespoilמֵהַשָּׁלָ֛לme.ha.sha.LalH7998,sheepצֹ֥אןtzonH6629andoxenוּבָקָ֖רu.va.KarH1241, thechiefרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225of the things which should have been utterlydestroyedהַחֵ֑רֶםha.Che.remH2764, tosacrificeלִזְבֹּ֛חַliz.Bo.achH2076to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430inGilgalבַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ba.gil.GalH1537.

22AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Hath theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068as greatdelightהַחֵ֤פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656in burntofferingsבְּעֹל֣וֹתbe.'o.LotH5930andsacrificesוּזְבָחִ֔יםu.ze.va.ChimH2077, as inobeyingכִּשְׁמֹ֖עַkish.Mo.a'H8085thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068? Behold, toobeyשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙she.Mo.a'H8085isbetterט֔וֹבTovH2896thansacrificeמִזֶּ֣בַחmi.Ze.vachH2077, and tohearkenלְהַקְשִׁ֖יבle.hak.ShivH7181than thefatמֵחֵ֥לֶבme.Che.levH2459oframsאֵילִֽים׃'ei.LimH352.

23Forrebellionמֶ֔רִיMe.riH4805is as thesinחַטַּאת־cha.tat-H2403ofwitchcraftקֶ֙סֶם֙ke.semH7081, andstubbornnessהַפְצַ֑רhaf.TzarH6484is asiniquityוְאָ֥וֶןve.'A.venH205andidolatryוּתְרָפִ֖יםu.te.ra.FimH8655. Because thou hastrejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ma.'As.taH3988thewordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, he hath alsorejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988thee from beingkingמִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סmi.Me.lekhH4428.

24AndSaulשָׁא֤וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050, I havesinnedחָטָ֔אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398: for I havetransgressedעָבַ֥רְתִּי'a.Var.tiH5674thecommandmentפִּֽי־pi-H6310of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, and thywordsדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697: because Ifearedיָרֵ֙אתִי֙ya.Re.tiH3372thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, andobeyedוָאֶשְׁמַ֖עva.'esh.Ma'H8085theirvoiceבְּקוֹלָֽם׃be.ko.LamH6963.

25Now therefore, I pray thee,pardonשָׂ֥אsa'H5375mysinחַטָּאתִ֑יcha.ta.TiH2403, and turnagainוְשׁ֣וּבve.ShuvH7725with me, that I mayworshipוְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הve.'esh.ta.cha.VehH7812theLORDלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

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