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and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

וַיִּקְרָ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and he saith, `I called not; turn back, lie down;' and he goeth and lieth down.

וַיָּ֣רָץ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah addeth to call again Samuel, and Samuel riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and he saith, `I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.'

וַיֹּ֣סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֤קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah addeth to call Samuel the third time, and he riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and Eli understandeth that Jehovah is calling to the youth.

וַיֹּ֨סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And Eli saith to Samuel, `Go, lie down, and it hath been, if He doth call unto thee, that thou hast said, Speak, Jehovah, for Thy servant is hearing;' and Samuel goeth and lieth down in his place.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;' and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant if hearing.'

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְיַצַּ֔ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Lo, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one hearing it do tingle.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and I have declared to him that I am judging his house -- to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,

וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `What `is' the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It `is' Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.'

וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.

וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah addeth to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah hath been revealed unto Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of Jehovah.

וַיֹּ֥סֶף (וַ) va “and”

And the word of Samuel is to all Israel, and Israel goeth out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamp by Eben-Ezer, and the Philistines have encamped in Aphek,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and the battle spreadeth itself, and Israel is smitten before the Philistines, and they smite among the ranks in the field about four thousand men.

וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּטֹּשׁ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the people cometh in unto the camp, and the elders of Israel say, `Why hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? we take unto us from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and it cometh into our midst, and He doth save us out of the hand of our enemies.'

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the people sendeth to Shiloh, and they take up thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of Hosts, inhabiting the cherubs, and there `are' two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto the camp, that all Israel shout -- a great shout -- and the earth is moved.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֥עוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּהֹ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And the Philistines hear the noise of the shouting, and say, `What `is' the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?' and they perceive that the ark of Jehovah hath come in unto the camp.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, `God hath come in unto the camp;' and they say, `Wo to us, for there hath not been like this heretofore.

וַיִּֽרְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest ye do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you -- then ye have become men, and have fought.'

וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם (וִ) vi “and”וְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen;

וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּפֹּל֙ (וַ) va “and”

And a man of Benjamin runneth out of the ranks, and cometh into Shiloh, on that day, and his long robes `are' rent, and earth on his head;

וַיָּ֤רָץ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”