1 Samuel 2:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂבֵעִ֤ים בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ וּרְעֵבִ֖ים חָדֵ֑לּוּ עַד־עֲקָרָה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֔ה וְרַבַּ֥ת בָּנִ֖ים אֻמְלָֽלָה׃

Transliteration

śəbēʿîm in leḥem niśkārû, and rəʿēbîm ḥādēllû; until ʿăqārâ yāldâ šibʿâ, and rabbat bānîm ʾumlālâ.

Grammar Details

*śəbēʿîm*: adjective masculine plural - satisfied ones/full ones
*leḥem*: noun masculine singular - bread/food
*niśkārû*: Niphal perfect 3rd person plural - hire themselves out
*rəʿēbîm*: adjective masculine plural - hungry ones
*ḥādēllû*: Qal perfect 3rd person plural - cease/stop
*ʿăqārâ*: adjective feminine singular - barren woman
*yāldâ*: Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - has borne
*šibʿâ*: numeral feminine - seven
*rabbat*: adjective feminine singular construct - many of/much of
*bānîm*: noun masculine plural - sons/children
*ʾumlālâ*: Pulal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - is made weak/languishes

Word Meanings

*niśkārû*: hire themselves out/work for food/are employed
*ḥādēllû*: cease/stop/rest
*ʿăqārâ*: barren woman/childless woman
*yāldâ*: has borne/gave birth to/delivered
*ʾumlālâ*: is made weak/languishes/withers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 113:9 : 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.
Jer 15:9 : 9 She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.
Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.
1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
1 Sam 1:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
Luke 1:53 : 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For {G4183} more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

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