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He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.

לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃ (לַ) la. “to”

He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

לְסָרִיסָ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”וְלַעֲבָדָֽיו׃ (לַ) la. “to”

He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.

לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “for”

He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.

ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “of”לַעֲבָדִֽים׃ (לַ) la. “<into>”

Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.

מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (לִּ) li “<to>”לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ (לִ) li “to”

So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.

לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

וְלוֹ־ (ל) lo “to <the>”

Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses.

לְקִ֖ישׁ (לְ) le. “of”

And when they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, Come, let us go back, or my father may give up caring about the asses and be troubled about us.

לְנַעֲר֥וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “to <the>”

But the servant said to him, See now, in this town there is a man of God, who is highly honoured, and everything he says comes true: let us go there now; it may be that he will give us directions about our journey.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to <the>”לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “to <the>”

Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do?

לְנַעֲר֗וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לָאִישׁ֒ (לָ) la. “to the”לְהָבִ֖יא (לְ) le. “to”לְאִ֣ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”

But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.

לַעֲנ֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְאִ֣ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “to <the>”

(In the past in Israel, when a man went to get directions from God, he said, Come let us go to the Seer, for he who now is named Prophet was in those days given the name of Seer.)

לְפָנִ֣ים׀ (לְ) le. “<to>”לִדְר֣וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”לַנָּבִיא֙ (לַ) la. “to the”לְפָנִ֖ים (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

לְנַעֲר֛וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?

לִשְׁאֹ֣ב (לִ) li “to”לָהֶ֔ן (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָעִ֔יר (לָ) la. “to the”לָעָ֖ם (לָ) la. “[belongs] to the”

When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will se

לֶאֱכֹ֗ל (לֶ) le. “to”

So they went up to the town, and when they came inside the town, Samuel came face to face with them on his way to the high place.

לִקְרָאתָ֔ם (לִ) li “to”לַעֲל֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my

לְנָגִיד֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

Then Samuel said to Saul, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place and take food with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, after opening to you all the secrets of your heart.

לְפָנַי֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

As for your asses which have been wandering for three days, give no thought to them, for they have come back. And for whom are all the desired things in Israel? are they not for you and your father's family?

וְלָאֲתֹנ֞וֹת (לָ) la. “to the”לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “of”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”וּלְמִי֙ (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”