7 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.7",
"source": "וְכֵ֨ן יַעֲשֶׂ֜ה שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֗ה מִדֵּ֤י עֲלֹתָהּ֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה כֵּ֖ן תַּכְעִסֶ֑נָּה וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תֹאכַֽל׃",
"text": "And-thus *yaʿăśeh* *šānāh* in-*šānāh* from-*middê* *ʿălōtāh* in-*bêt* *YHWH* thus *takʿisenāh* and-*wattiḇkeh* and-not *tōʾkal*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəkēn*": "conjunction waw + adverb - and so/thus",
"*yaʿăśeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he would do",
"*šānāh ḇəšānāh*": "feminine singular noun + preposition bet + feminine singular noun - year by year",
"*middê*": "preposition min + construct masculine singular - from the sufficiency of/whenever",
"*ʿălōtāh*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her going up",
"*bêt*": "masculine singular construct - house of",
"*kēn*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*takʿisenāh*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd feminine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - she would provoke her",
"*wattiḇkeh*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she wept",
"*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction waw + negative particle - and not",
"*tōʾkal*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - she would eat"
},
"variants": {
"*middê ʿălōtāh*": "whenever she went up/as often as she went up",
"*takʿisenāh*": "she would provoke her/she would irritate her/she would vex her"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.8",
"source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָ֜הּ אֶלְקָנָ֣ה אִישָׁ֗הּ חַנָּה֙ לָ֣מֶה תִבְכִּ֗י וְלָ֙מֶה֙ לֹ֣א תֹֽאכְלִ֔י וְלָ֖מֶה יֵרַ֣ע לְבָבֵ֑ךְ הֲל֤וֹא אָֽנֹכִי֙ ט֣וֹב לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲשָׂרָ֖ה בָּנִֽים׃",
"text": "And-*wayyōʾmer* to-her *ʾelqānāh* *ʾîšāh* *ḥannāh* why *tiḇkî* and-why not *tōʾkəlî* and-why *yēraʿ* *ləḇāḇēk* not-*ʾānōkî* *ṭôḇ* to-you from-*ʿăśārāh* *bānîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*lāh*": "preposition lamed with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her",
"*ʾîšāh*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her husband",
"*lāmeh*": "interrogative + preposition lamed + interrogative pronoun - why/for what reason",
"*tiḇkî*": "qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - you weep",
"*wəlāmeh*": "conjunction waw + interrogative + preposition lamed + interrogative pronoun - and why",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*tōʾkəlî*": "qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - you eat",
"*yēraʿ*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it is bad/grieved",
"*ləḇāḇēk*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your heart",
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - is not",
"*ʾānōkî*": "1st person singular independent pronoun - I",
"*ṭôḇ*": "masculine singular adjective - good",
"*lāk*": "preposition lamed with 2nd feminine singular suffix - to you",
"*mēʿăśārāh*": "preposition min + cardinal number - than ten",
"*bānîm*": "masculine plural noun - sons"
},
"variants": {
"*yēraʿ ləḇāḇēk*": "your heart is grieved/your heart is sad/your heart is troubled",
"*ʾānōkî ṭôḇ lāk mēʿăśārāh bānîm*": "am I not better to you than ten sons/am I not more to you than ten sons"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.9",
"source": "וַתָּ֣קָם חַנָּ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֛י אָכְלָ֥ה בְשִׁלֹ֖ה וְאַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁתֹ֑ה וְעֵלִ֣י הַכֹּהֵ֗ן יֹשֵׁב֙ עַל־הַכִּסֵּ֔א עַל־מְזוּזַ֖ת הֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "And-*wattāqām* *ḥannāh* after *ʾākəlāh* in-*šilōh* and-after *šātōh* and-*ʿēlî* the-*kōhēn* *yōšēḇ* upon-the-*kissēʾ* upon-*məzûzat* *hêkal* *YHWH*.",
"grammar": {
"*wattāqām*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she arose",
"*ʾaḥărê*": "preposition - after",
"*ʾākəlāh*": "qal infinitive construct - eating/to eat",
"*ḇəšilōh*": "preposition bet + proper noun - in Shiloh",
"*wəʾaḥărê*": "conjunction waw + preposition - and after",
"*šātōh*": "qal infinitive construct - drinking/to drink",
"*wəʿēlî*": "conjunction waw + proper noun - and Eli",
"*hakkōhēn*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the priest",
"*yōšēḇ*": "qal participle masculine singular - sitting",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/on",
"*hakkissēʾ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the seat/throne",
"*məzûzat*": "feminine singular construct - doorpost of",
"*hêkal*": "masculine singular construct - temple/palace of"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾākəlāh*": "eating/to eat/she ate",
"*šātōh*": "drinking/to drink/she drank",
"*kissēʾ*": "seat/chair/throne",
"*məzûzat hêkal*": "doorpost of the temple/entrance of the sanctuary"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.10",
"source": "וְהִ֖יא מָ֣רַת נָ֑פֶשׁ וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל עַל־יְהוָ֖ה וּבָכֹ֥ה תִבְכֶּֽה׃",
"text": "And-she *mārat* *nāpeš* and-*wattitpallēl* unto-*YHWH* and-*ḇākōh* *tiḇkeh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəhîʾ*": "conjunction waw + 3rd feminine singular independent pronoun - and she",
"*mārat*": "adjective feminine singular construct - bitter of",
"*nāpeš*": "feminine singular noun - soul",
"*wattitpallēl*": "conjunction waw + hitpael imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she prayed",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/to/unto",
"*ûḇākōh*": "conjunction waw + qal infinitive absolute - and weeping",
"*tiḇkeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - she wept"
},
"variants": {
"*mārat nāpeš*": "bitter of soul/bitter in spirit/in bitterness of soul",
"*ʿal-YHWH*": "to YHWH/upon YHWH/unto YHWH",
"*ḇākōh tiḇkeh*": "she wept greatly/she wept and wept/she wept bitterly (Hebrew infinitive absolute for emphasis)"
}
}
11 {
"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)"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.12",
"source": "וְהָיָה֙ כִּ֣י הִרְבְּתָ֔ה לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְעֵלִ֖י שֹׁמֵ֥ר אֶת־פִּֽיהָ׃",
"text": "And-*wəhāyāh* as *hirbətāh* to-*ləhitpallēl* before-*YHWH* and-*ʿēlî* *šōmēr* *ʾet*-*pîhā*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəhāyāh*": "conjunction waw + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/when/because",
"*hirbətāh*": "hiphil perfect 3rd feminine singular - she continued/multiplied",
"*ləhitpallēl*": "preposition lamed + hitpael infinitive construct - to pray",
"*lipnê*": "preposition lamed + construct masculine plural - before/in the presence of",
"*wəʿēlî*": "conjunction waw + proper noun - and Eli",
"*šōmēr*": "qal participle masculine singular - watching/observing",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*pîhā*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*hirbətāh ləhitpallēl*": "she continued to pray/she prayed at length/she multiplied prayer",
"*šōmēr ʾet-pîhā*": "was watching her mouth/was observing her lips/kept his eye on her mouth"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.13",
"source": "וְחַנָּ֗ה הִ֚יא מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת עַל־לִבָּ֔הּ רַ֚ק שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ נָּע֔וֹת וְקוֹלָ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ עֵלִ֖י לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃",
"text": "And-*ḥannāh* she *mədabberet* upon-*libbāh* only *śəpātêhā* *nāʿôt* and-*qôlāh* not *yiššāmēaʿ* and-*wayyaḥšəḇehā* *ʿēlî* for-*šikkōrāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəḥannāh*": "conjunction waw + proper noun - and Hannah",
"*hîʾ*": "3rd feminine singular independent pronoun - she",
"*mədabberet*": "piel participle feminine singular - speaking",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/in",
"*libbāh*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her heart",
"*raq*": "adverb - only",
"*śəpātêhā*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her lips",
"*nāʿôt*": "qal participle feminine plural - moving",
"*wəqôlāh*": "conjunction waw + masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and her voice",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yiššāmēaʿ*": "niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - was heard",
"*wayyaḥšəḇehā*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and he considered her",
"*ləšikkōrāh*": "preposition lamed + adjective feminine singular - as drunk"
},
"variants": {
"*mədabberet ʿal-libbāh*": "speaking in her heart/praying silently/speaking to herself",
"*wayyaḥšəḇehā ləšikkōrāh*": "considered her to be drunk/thought she was drunk/mistook her for a drunk woman"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.1.14",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ עֵלִ֔י עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִ֑ין הָסִ֥ירִי אֶת־יֵינֵ֖ךְ מֵעָלָֽיִךְ׃",
"text": "And-*wayyōʾmer* unto-her *ʿēlî* until-when *tištakkārîn* *hāsîrî* *ʾet*-*yênēk* from-upon-you.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾēlêhā*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - unto her",
"*ʿad*": "preposition - until",
"*mātay*": "interrogative adverb - when",
"*tištakkārîn*": "hitpael imperfect 2nd feminine singular - you will be drunk",
"*hāsîrî*": "hiphil imperative feminine singular - remove/put away",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*yênēk*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your wine",
"*mēʿālāyik*": "preposition min + preposition al + 2nd feminine singular suffix - from upon you"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿad-mātay tištakkārîn*": "how long will you be drunk/until when will you remain intoxicated",
"*hāsîrî ʾet-yênēk mēʿālāyik*": "put away your wine from yourself/remove your wine from you/sober up"
}
}
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"
}
}