15{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.15",
"source": "וַתַּ֨עַן חַנָּ֤ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֲדֹנִ֔י אִשָּׁ֤ה קְשַׁת־ר֙וּחַ֙ אָנֹ֔כִי וְיַ֥יִן וְשֵׁכָ֖ר לֹ֣א שָׁתִ֑יתִי וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "And-*wattaʿan* *ḥannāh* and-*wattōʾmer* no *ʾădōnî* *ʾiššāh* *qəšat*-*rûaḥ* *ʾānōkî* and-*yayin* and-*šēkār* not *šātîtî* and-*wāʾeškōk* *ʾet*-*napšî* before-*YHWH*.",
"grammar": {
"*wattaʿan*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she answered",
"*wattōʾmer*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she said",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no",
"*ʾădōnî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st common singular suffix - my lord",
"*ʾiššāh*": "feminine singular noun - woman",
"*qəšat*": "adjective feminine singular construct - hard/difficult of",
"*rûaḥ*": "feminine singular noun - spirit",
"*ʾānōkî*": "1st person singular independent pronoun - I",
"*wəyayin*": "conjunction waw + masculine singular noun - and wine",
"*wəšēkār*": "conjunction waw + masculine singular noun - and strong drink",
"*šātîtî*": "qal perfect 1st common singular - I have drunk",
"*wāʾeškōk*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 1st common singular - and I poured out",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*napšî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st common singular suffix - my soul",
"*lipnê*": "preposition lamed + masculine plural construct - before"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾiššāh qəšat-rûaḥ*": "a woman troubled in spirit/a woman of sorrowful spirit/a woman heavy of heart",
"*wāʾeškōk ʾet-napšî*": "I poured out my soul/I have been expressing my anguish/I have been unburdening myself"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.16",
"source": "אַל־תִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ לִפְנֵ֖י בַּת־בְּלִיָּ֑עַל כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֥ב שִׂיחִ֛י וְכַעְסִ֖י דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃",
"text": "Not-*tittēn* *ʾet*-*ʾămātəkā* before *bat*-*bəliyyaʿal* because-from-abundance *śîḥî* and-*kaʿsî* *dibbartî* until-here.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾal*": "negative particle (for imperatives) - not/do not",
"*tittēn*": "qal imperfect jussive 2nd masculine singular - may you give/consider",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾămātəkā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your maidservant",
"*lipnê*": "preposition lamed + masculine plural construct - before",
"*bat*": "feminine singular construct - daughter of",
"*bəliyyaʿal*": "masculine singular noun - worthlessness/wickedness",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for",
"*mērōḇ*": "preposition min + masculine singular noun - from abundance of",
"*śîḥî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st common singular suffix - my complaint/meditation",
"*wəkaʿsî*": "conjunction waw + masculine singular noun with 1st common singular suffix - and my provocation/vexation",
"*dibbartî*": "piel perfect 1st common singular - I have spoken",
"*ʿad*": "preposition - until",
"*hēnnāh*": "adverb - here/now"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾal-tittēn ʾet-ʾămātəkā lipnê bat-bəliyyaʿal*": "do not consider your servant a worthless woman/do not take your servant for a daughter of Belial",
"*mērōḇ śîḥî wəkaʿsî*": "from the abundance of my complaint and my grief/out of my great anguish and trouble",
"*ʿad-hēnnāh*": "until now/all this time/so far"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.17",
"source": "וַיַּ֧עַן עֵלִ֛י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְכִ֣י לְשָׁל֑וֹם וֵאלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִתֵּן֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "And-*wayyaʿan* *ʿēlî* and-*wayyōʾmer* go to-*šālôm* and-*ʾĕlōhê* *yiśrāʾēl* *yittēn* *ʾet*-*šēlātēk* which *šāʾalt* from-with-him.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaʿan*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he answered",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ləkî*": "qal imperative feminine singular - go",
"*ləšālôm*": "preposition lamed + masculine singular noun - to peace",
"*wēʾlōhê*": "conjunction waw + masculine plural construct noun - and God of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*yittēn*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - may he give",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*šēlātēk*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your petition/request",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*šāʾalt*": "qal perfect 2nd feminine singular - you asked",
"*mēʿimmô*": "preposition min + preposition im + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from with him"
},
"variants": {
"*ləkî ləšālôm*": "go in peace/depart peacefully",
"*šēlātēk*": "your petition/your request/what you have asked for",
"*mēʿimmô*": "from him/from with him/of him"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.18",
"source": "וַתֹּ֕אמֶר תִּמְצָ֧א שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֨לֶךְ הָאִשָּׁ֤ה לְדַרְכָּהּ֙ וַתֹּאכַ֔ל וּפָנֶ֥יהָ לֹא־הָיוּ־לָ֖הּ עֽוֹד׃",
"text": "And-*wattōʾmer* *timṣāʾ* *šipḥātəkā* *ḥēn* in-*ʿênêkā* and-*wattēlek* the-*ʾiššāh* to-*darkāh* and-*wattōʾkal* and-*pānêhā* not-*hāyû*-to-her still.",
"grammar": {
"*wattōʾmer*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she said",
"*timṣāʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular jussive - may she find",
"*šipḥātəkā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your handmaid",
"*ḥēn*": "masculine singular noun - favor/grace",
"*bəʿênêkā*": "preposition bet + feminine dual noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your eyes",
"*wattēlek*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she went",
"*hāʾiššāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the woman",
"*ləḏarkāh*": "preposition lamed + masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her way",
"*wattōʾkal*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she ate",
"*ûpānêhā*": "conjunction waw + masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and her face",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*hāyû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - were",
"*lāh*": "preposition lamed with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her",
"*ʿôḏ*": "adverb - still/again"
},
"variants": {
"*timṣāʾ šipḥātəkā ḥēn bəʿênêkā*": "may your servant find favor in your eyes/let your handmaid find grace in your sight",
"*ûpānêhā lōʾ-hāyû-lāh ʿôḏ*": "and her face was not to her again/and her countenance was no longer sad/her face was no longer downcast"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.19",
"source": "וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיָּשֻׁ֛בוּ וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־בֵּיתָ֖ם הָרָמָ֑תָה וַיֵּ֤דַע אֶלְקָנָה֙ אֶת־חַנָּ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיּֽ͏ִזְכְּרֶ֖הָ יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "And-*wayyaškîmû* in-the-*bōqer* and-*wayyištaḥăwû* before-*YHWH* and-*wayyāšuḇû* and-*wayyāḇōʾû* to-*bêtām* *hārāmātāh* and-*wayyēdaʿ* *ʾelqānāh* *ʾet*-*ḥannāh* *ʾištô* and-*wayyizkərēhā* *YHWH*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaškîmû*": "conjunction waw + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they rose early",
"*babbōqer*": "preposition bet + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the morning",
"*wayyištaḥăwû*": "conjunction waw + hitpael imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they worshipped",
"*lipnê*": "preposition lamed + masculine plural construct - before",
"*wayyāšuḇû*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they returned",
"*wayyāḇōʾû*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*bêtām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their house",
"*hārāmātāh*": "definite article + proper noun with directional he - to Ramah",
"*wayyēdaʿ*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he knew",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾištô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wife",
"*wayyizkərēhā*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and he remembered her"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyaškîmû babbōqer*": "and they rose early in the morning/and they got up early",
"*wayyēdaʿ ʾelqānāh ʾet-ḥannāh ʾištô*": "and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife (euphamism for sexual relations)",
"*wayyizkərēhā YHWH*": "and YHWH remembered her/and the LORD was mindful of her"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.20",
"source": "וַיְהִי֙ לִתְקֻפ֣וֹת הַיָּמִ֔ים וַתַּ֥הַר חַנָּ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י מֵיְהוָ֖ה שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃",
"text": "And-*wayəhî* at-*litqupôt* the-*hayyāmîm* and-*wattahar* *ḥannāh* and-*wattēled* *bēn* and-*wattiqrāʾ* *ʾet*-*šəmô* *šəmûʾēl* because from-*YHWH* *šəʾiltîw*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayəhî*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass",
"*litqupôt*": "preposition lamed + feminine plural construct - at the circuit/revolution of",
"*hayyāmîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the days",
"*wattahar*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she conceived",
"*wattēled*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she bore",
"*bēn*": "masculine singular noun - son",
"*wattiqrāʾ*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she called",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*šəmô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name",
"*šəmûʾēl*": "proper noun - Samuel",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for",
"*mēYHWH*": "preposition min + divine name - from YHWH",
"*šəʾiltîw*": "qal perfect 1st common singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - I asked him"
},
"variants": {
"*litqupôt hayyāmîm*": "in the course of time/after the cycle of days/when the time had come",
"*šəmûʾēl*": "Samuel (name meaning 'heard of God' or 'asked of God')",
"*mēYHWH šəʾiltîw*": "from YHWH I asked him/I have requested him from the LORD"
}
}