1 Samuel 2:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 the LORD.
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 ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
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 the LORD.
1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Sam 1:20 : 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Luke 1:53 : 53 He hath filled the hungry 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 likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

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