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1 Samuel 8:19-22

19Nevertheless thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971refusedוַיְמָאֲנ֣וּvay.ma.'a.NuH3985toobeyלִשְׁמֹ֖עַlish.Mo.a'H8085thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050; and theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, Nay; but we will have akingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over us;

20That we also may be like all thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471; and that ourkingמַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙mal.Ke.nuH4428mayjudgeוּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּu.she.fa.Ta.nuH8199us, and gooutוְיָצָ֣אve.ya.Tza'H3318beforeלְפָנֵ֔ינוּle.fa.Nei.nuH6440us, andfightוְנִלְחַ֖םve.nil.ChamH3898ourbattlesמִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃mil.cha.mo.Te.nuH4421.

21AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085all thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971, and hereportedוַֽיְדַבְּרֵ֖םvay.da.be.RemH1696them in theearsבְּאָזְנֵ֥יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

22And theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050,Hearkenשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085to theirvoiceבְּקוֹלָ֔םbe.ko.LamH6963, andmakeוְהִמְלַכְתָּ֥ve.him.lakh.TaH4427them akingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428. AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to themenאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,GoH3212ye everymanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376to hiscityלְעִירֽוֹ׃ פle.'i.RoH5892.

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