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1 Samuel 8:1-5

1And it came to pass, whenSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050wasoldזָקֵ֖ןza.KenH2204, that hemadeוַיָּ֧שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760hissonsבָּנָ֛יוba.NavH1121judgesשֹׁפְטִ֖יםsho.fe.TimH8199overIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2Now thenameשֶׁם־shem-H8034of hisfirstbornבְּנ֤וֹ הַבְּכוֹר֙be.No ha.be.khOrH1121 H1060wasJoelיוֹאֵ֔לyo.'ElH3100; and thenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034of hissecondמִשְׁנֵ֖הוּmish.Ne.huH4932,Abiahאֲבִיָּ֑ה'a.vi.YahH29: they werejudgesשֹׁפְטִ֖יםsho.fe.TimH8199inBeershebaH884.

3And hissonsבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121walkedהָלְכ֤וּha.le.KhuH1980not in hiswaysבִּדְרָכָ֔יוbe.dar.khovH1870, but turnedasideוַיִּטּ֖וּvai.yi.TuH5186afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310moneyהַבָּ֑צַעha.Ba.tza'H1215, andtookוַיִּ֨קְחוּ־vai.Yik.chu-H3947bribesשֹׁ֔חַדSho.chadH7810, andpervertedוַיַּטּ֖וּvai.ya.TuH5186judgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ פmish.PatH4941.

4Then all theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478gathered themselvestogetherוַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּvai.yit.ka.be.TzuH6908, andcameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050toRamahהָרָמָֽתָה׃ha.ra.Ma.tahH7414,

5Andsaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to him, Behold, thou artoldזָקַ֔נְתָּza.Kan.taH2204, and thysonsוּבָנֶ֕יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121walkהָלְכ֖וּha.le.KhuH1980not in thywaysבִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָbid.ra.Khei.khaH1870: nowmakeשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760us akingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428tojudgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199us like all thenationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

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