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1 Samuel 1:15-26

15AndHannahחַנָּ֤הcha.NahH2584answeredandsaidH559,No,mylord,Iamawomanאִשָּׁ֤ה'i.ShahH802ofasorrowfulspiritר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achH7307:Ihavedrunkשָׁתִ֑יתִיsha.Ti.tiH8354neitherwineוְיַ֥יִןve.Ya.yinH3196norstrongוְשֵׁכָ֖רve.she.KharH7941drinkH8354,butIpouredוָאֶשְׁפֹּ֥ךְva.'esh.PokhH8210outmysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315beforeJehovah.

16Countnotthyhandmaidforawickedwoman;foroutoftheabundanceH7230ofmycomplaintשִׂיחִ֛יsi.ChiH7879andmyprovocationhaveIspokenH1696hitherto.

17ThenEliעֵלִ֛י'e.LiH5941answeredandsaidH559, Goinpeaceלְשָׁל֑וֹםle.sha.LomH7965;andtheGodוֵאלֹהֵ֣יve.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478grantthypetitionשֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְshe.la.TekhH7596thatthou hastaskedשָׁאַ֖לְתְּsha.'AltH7592ofhim.

18AndshesaidH559,Letthy handmaidfindתִּמְצָ֧אtim.Tza'H4672favorחֵ֖ןchenH2580inthysight.Sothewomanהָאִשָּׁ֤הha.'i.ShahH802wentherwayלְדַרְכָּהּ֙le.dar.KahH1870,anddideatH398;andhercountenancewasH1961nomoresad.

19AndtheyroseH7925upinthemorningבַבֹּ֗קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּvai.yash.Ki.muH7925,andworshippedbeforeJehovah,andreturnedוַיָּשֻׁ֛בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725,andcameH935totheirhouseבֵּיתָ֖םbei.TamH1004toRamahהָרָמָ֑תָהha.ra.Ma.tahH7414.AndElkanahאֶלְקָנָה֙'el.ka.NahH511knewH3045Hannahחַנָּ֣הcha.NahH2584hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.ToH802;andJehovahrememberedוַיִּֽזְכְּרֶ֖הָvai.yiz.ke.Re.haH2142her;

20anditcametopass,whenthetimewascomeabout,thatHannahחַנָּ֖הcha.NahH2584conceivedH2029,andbareasonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121;andshecalledוַתִּקְרָ֤אva.tik.Ra'H7121hisnameשְׁמוֹ֙she.MoH8034Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050, saying,BecauseIhaveaskedשְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃she.'il.TivH7592himofJehovah.

21Andthemanהָאִ֥ישׁha.'IshH376Elkanahאֶלְקָנָ֖ה'el.ka.NahH511,andallhishouseH1004,wentH5927uptoofferH5927untoJehovahtheyearlysacrificeזֶ֥בַחZe.vachH2077,andhisvowנִדְרֽוֹ׃nid.RoH5088.

22ButHannahוְחַנָּ֖הve.cha.NahH2584wentH935notup;forshesaidH559untoherhusbandלְאִישָׁ֗הּle.'i.ShahH376,IwillnotgoH935upuntilthechildbeweanedיִגָּמֵ֤לyi.ga.MelH1580;andthenIwillbringH935him,thathemayappearוְנִרְאָה֙ve.nir.'AhH7200beforeJehovah,andthereabideforeverH5769.

23AndElkanahאֶלְקָנָ֨ה'el.ka.NahH511herhusbandאִישָׁ֜הּ'i.ShahH376saidH559untoher,Dowhatseemeth theegoodהַטּ֣וֹבha.TovH2896; tarryuntilthouhaveweanedH1580him;onlyאַ֛ךְ'akhH389JehovahestablishH6965hiswordדְּבָר֑וֹde.va.RoH1697.Sothewomanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.ShahH802tarriedandgavehersonבְּנָ֔הּbe.NahH1121suckH3243,untilsheweanedH1580him.

24Andwhenכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834shehadweanedגְּמָלַ֗תּוּge.ma.La.tuH1580him,shetookhimupwithher,withthreeשְׁלֹשָׁה֙she.lo.ShahH7969bullocks,andoneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259ephahוְאֵיפָ֨הve.'ei.FahH374ofmeal,andabottleofwineיַ֔יִןYa.yinH3196,andbroughtH935himuntothehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofJehovahinShilohשִׁל֑וֹshi.LoH7887:andthechildwasyoungH5288.

25Andtheyslewthebullock,andbroughtH935thechildtoEliעֵלִֽי׃'e.LiH5941.

26AndshesaidH559, Oh,mylord,asthysoulH5315liveth,mylord,Iamthewomanהָאִשָּׁ֗הha.'i.ShahH802thatstoodH5324bytheehereH2088,prayingלְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לle.hit.pa.LelH6419untoJehovah.

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