1 Samuel 8:18
1 Samuel · שמואל א · Nevi'im · 31 chapters · 811 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (14 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
וְאֶת־עַבְדֵיכֶם וְֽאֶת־שִׁפְחוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־בַּחוּרֵיכֶם הַטּוֹבִים וְאֶת־חֲמוֹרֵיכֶם יִקָּח וְעָשָׂה לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
צֹאנְכֶם יַעְשֹׂר וְאַתֶּם תִּֽהְיוּ־לוֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים
He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
וּזְעַקְתֶּם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא מִלִּפְנֵי מַלְכְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתֶּם לָכֶם וְלֹֽא־יַעֲנֶה יְהוָה אֶתְכֶם בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.’
וַיְמָאֲנוּ הָעָם לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹל שְׁמוּאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹּא כִּי אִם־מֶלֶךְ יִֽהְיֶה עָלֵֽינוּ
But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said: ‘Nay; but there shall be a king over us;
וְהָיִינוּ גַם־אֲנַחְנוּ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִם וּשְׁפָטָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ וְיָצָא לְפָנֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם אֶת־מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ
that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.’