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1 Samuel 8:5-9

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.NeiH3415 H5869Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.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.

8According to all theworksהַמַּעֲשִׂ֣יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639which they havedoneעָשׂ֗וּ'a.SuH6213since thedayמִיּוֹם֩mi.yOmH3117that I broughtthemהַעֲלֹתִ֨יha.'a.lo.TiH5927out ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714even to thisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117, in that they haveforsakenוַיַּ֣עַזְבֻ֔נִיvai.Ya.'az.Vu.niH5800me, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, sodoעֹשִׂ֖ים'o.SimH6213they also to thee.

9Now thereforehearkenשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085to theirvoiceבְּקוֹלָ֑םbe.ko.LamH6963:אַ֗ךְ'AkhH389yetprotestהָעֵ֤דha.'EdH5749solemnlyתָּעִיד֙ta.'IdH5749to them, andshowוְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ve.hi.gad.TaH5046them themannerמִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.PatH4941of thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428that shallreignיִמְלֹ֖ךְyim.LokhH4427over them.

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