1 Samuel 2:29

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Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’

In other translations

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’

Hebrew words

לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100תִבְעֲטוּtiv'atudo you kickH1163בְּזִבְחִיbezivchiat sacrifice myH2077וּבְמִנְחָתִיuveminchatiand at offering myH4503אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834צִוִּיתִיtzivitiI commandedH6680מָעוֹןma'ona dwelling placeH4583וַתְּכַבֵּדvatekhabedand you honorH3513אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בָּנֶיךָbaneikhasons yourH1121מִמֶּנִּיmimenimore than meH4480לְהַבְרִיאֲכֶםlehavri'akhemby fattening yourselvesH1254מֵרֵאשִׁיתmereshitfrom [the] choicest ofH7225כָּל־kol-everyH3605מִנְחַתminchat<the> offering ofH4503יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לְעַמִּי׃le'amiof people myH5971

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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