5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 8:5:1 ⧉וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvayomeruand they said 1 Samuel 8:5:2 ⧉אֵלָ֗יוelavto him 1 Samuel 8:5:3 ⧉הִנֵּה֙hinebehold 1 Samuel 8:5:4 ⧉אַתָּ֣הatayou 1 Samuel 8:5:5 ⧉זָקַ֔נְתָּzakantayou have grown old 1 Samuel 8:5:6 ⧉וּבָנֶ֕יךָuvanekhaand your sons 1 Samuel 8:5:7 ⧉לֹ֥אlonot 1 Samuel 8:5:8 ⧉הָלְכ֖וּhalkhuhave walked 1 Samuel 8:5:9 ⧉בִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָbidrakhekhain your ways 1 Samuel 8:5:10 ⧉עַתָּ֗הatanow 1 Samuel 8:5:11 ⧉שִֽׂימָה־לָּ֥נוּsimalanuappoint for us 1 Samuel 8:5:12 ⧉מֶ֛לֶךְmelekha king 1 Samuel 8:5:13 ⧉לְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּleshaftenuto judge us 1 Samuel 8:5:14 ⧉כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃kekholhagoyimlike all the nations |
5. Formal Translation And they said to him, “See, you are old, and your sons have not walked in your ways; now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” |
5. Dynamic Translation They told him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Therefore choose for us a king to judge us like all the other nations.” |