{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.11",
"source": "וַתִּדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר וַתֹּאמַ֗ר יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אִם־רָאֹ֥ה תִרְאֶ֣ה ׀ בָּעֳנִ֣י אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ וּזְכַרְתַּ֙נִי֙ וְלֹֽא־תִשְׁכַּ֣ח אֶת־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְנָתַתָּ֥ה לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ זֶ֣רַע אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וּנְתַתִּ֤יו לַֽיהוָה֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו וּמוֹרָ֖ה לֹא־יַעֲלֶ֥ה עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃",
"text": "And-*wattiddōr* *neder* and-*wattōʾmar* *YHWH* *ṣəḇāʾôt* if-*rāʾōh* *tirʾeh* in-*bāʿŏnî* *ʾămātek* and-*zəkartanî* and-not-*tiškaḥ* *ʾet*-*ʾămātek* and-*nātattāh* to-*ʾămātək* *zeraʿ* *ʾănāšîm* and-*nətattîw* to-*YHWH* all-*yəmê* *ḥayyāw* and-*môrāh* not-*yaʿăleh* upon-*rōʾšô*.",
"grammar": {
"*wattiddōr*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she vowed",
"*neder*": "masculine singular noun - vow",
"*wattōʾmar*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she said",
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if",
"*rāʾōh*": "qal infinitive absolute - seeing",
"*tirʾeh*": "qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you see",
"*bāʿŏnî*": "preposition bet + masculine singular construct noun - in the affliction of",
"*ʾămātek*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your maidservant",
"*ûzəkartanî*": "conjunction waw + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - and you remember me",
"*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction waw + negative particle - and not",
"*tiškaḥ*": "qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you forget",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*wənātattāh*": "conjunction waw + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you give",
"*laʾămātək*": "preposition lamed + feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your maidservant",
"*zeraʿ*": "masculine singular construct - seed of",
"*ʾănāšîm*": "masculine plural noun - men",
"*ûnətattîw*": "conjunction waw + qal perfect 1st common singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I will give him",
"*laYHWH*": "preposition lamed + divine name - to YHWH",
"*kol*": "masculine singular construct - all of",
"*yəmê*": "masculine plural construct - days of",
"*ḥayyāw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his life",
"*ûmôrāh*": "conjunction waw + masculine singular noun - and razor",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yaʿăleh*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will go up",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon",
"*rōʾšô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his head"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʾōh tirʾeh*": "surely see/indeed look upon (Hebrew infinitive absolute for emphasis)",
"*ʿŏnî*": "affliction/misery/poverty",
"*zeraʿ ʾănāšîm*": "seed of men/male child/male offspring",
"*môrāh lōʾ-yaʿăleh ʿal-rōʾšô*": "no razor shall come upon his head (Nazirite vow reference)"
}
}