1 Samuel 8
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1 Samuel 8:4-7

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.
6But thethingהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697displeasedבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH3415H5869Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050, when theysaidאָמְר֔וּ'a.me.RuH559,Giveתְּנָה־te.nah-H5414us akingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428tojudgeלְשָׁפְטֵ֑נוּle.sha.fe.Te.nuH8199us. AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419to theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.
7And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Hearkenשְׁמַע֙she.Ma'H8085to thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971in all that theysayיֹאמְר֖וּyo.me.RuH559to thee: for they have notrejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988thee, but they haverejectedמָאֲס֖וּma.'a.SuH3988me, that I should notreignמִמְּלֹ֥ךְmi.me.LokhH4427over them.
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