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1 Samuel 15:23-30

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.

26AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586, I will notreturnאָשׁ֖וּב'a.ShuvH7725with thee: for thou hastrejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּה֙ma.'As.tahH3988thewordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathrejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988thee from beingkingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

27And asSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050turnedaboutוַיִּסֹּ֥בvai.yi.SoH5437todepartH3212, he laidholdוַיַּחֲזֵ֥קvai.ya.cha.ZekH2388upon theskirtבִּכְנַף־bikh.naf-H3671of hismantleמְעִיל֖וֹme.'i.LoH4598, and ittoreוַיִּקָּרַֽע׃vai.yi.ka.Ra'H7167.

28AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, TheLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068hathtornקָרַ֨עka.Ra'H7167thekingdomמַמְלְכ֧וּתmam.le.KhutH4468ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478from thee thisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117, and hathgivenוּנְתָנָ֕הּu.ne.ta.NahH5414it to aneighbourלְרֵעֲךָ֖le.re.'a.KhaH7453of thine, that isbetterהַטּ֥וֹבha.TovH2896than thou.

29And also theStrengthנֵ֣צַחNe.tzachH5331ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478will notlieיְשַׁקֵּ֖רye.sha.KerH8266norrepentיִנָּחֵ֑םyi.na.ChemH5162: for he is not amanאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120, that he shouldrepentלְהִנָּחֵֽם׃le.hi.na.ChemH5162.

30Then hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, I havesinnedחָטָ֔אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398: yethonourכַּבְּדֵ֥נִיka.be.De.niH3513me now, I pray thee, before theeldersזִקְנֵֽי־zik.nei-H2205of mypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971, and beforeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and turnagainוְשׁ֣וּבve.ShuvH7725with me, that I mayworshipוְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִיve.hish.ta.cha.Vei.tiH7812theLORDלַֽיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

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