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H4428Gמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekh
kingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
מֶ֑לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”
but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, [supplied: Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.
מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him along all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, [supplied: Long] live the king.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”
And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
But they forgat Jehovah their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”מַלְכְּכֶֽם׃ (מַלְכְּ) mal.ke. “[was] king”
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (מֶּ֛לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”
If ye will fear Jehovah, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, and both ye and also the king that reigneth over you be followers of Jehovah your God, [supplied: well]:
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”
Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins [supplied: this] evil, to ask us a king.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
מַלְכְּכֶ֖ם (מַלְכְּ) mal.ke. “king”
Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he put [supplied: them] to the worse.
וּבְמַלְכֵ֤י (מַלְכֵ֤י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”
And Samuel said unto Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Jehovah.
לְמֶ֔לֶךְ (מֶ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.
לְמֶ֔לֶךְ (מֶ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And Samuel said, Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel;
לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (מֶ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
מִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “king”
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And Jehovah said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”