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1 Samuel 1:7-20

7AndashedidsoH3651yearשָׁנָ֣הsha.NahH8141byyearבְשָׁנָ֗הve.sha.NahH8141,whenshewentH5927uptothehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofJehovah,sosheprovokedH3707her;thereforeH3651sheweptH1058,anddidnoteatH398.

8AndElkanahאֶלְקָנָ֣ה'el.ka.NahH511herhusbandאִישָׁ֗הּ'i.ShahH376saidH559untoher,Hannahחַנָּה֙cha.NahH2584,whyלָ֣מֶהLa.mehH4100weepest thou?andwhyוְלָ֙מֶה֙ve.La.mehH4100eatest thounot?andwhyוְלָ֖מֶהve.La.mehH4100isthyheartלְבָבֵ֑ךְle.va.VekhH3824grieved?amnotIbetterט֣וֹבTovH2896totheethantenמֵעֲשָׂרָ֖הme.'a.sa.RahH6235sonsבָּנִֽים׃ba.NimH1121?

9SoHannahחַנָּ֔הcha.NahH2584roseH6965upaftertheyhadeatenH398inShilohבְשִׁלֹ֖הve.shi.LohH7887,andaftertheyhaddrunkשָׁתֹ֑הsha.TohH8354.NowEliוְעֵלִ֣יve.'e.LiH5941thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֗ןha.ko.HenH3548wassittingH3427uponhisseatהַכִּסֵּ֔אha.ki.Se'H3678bythedoor-postofthetempleהֵיכַ֥לhei.KhalH1964ofJehovah.

10AndshewasinbitternessH4751ofsoulנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315,andprayedוַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לva.tit.pa.LelH6419untoJehovah,andweptH1058sore.

11Andshevowedוַתִּדֹּ֨רva.ti.DorH5087avowנֶ֜דֶרNe.derH5088,andsaidH559,OJehovahofhostsצְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,ifthou wiltindeedlookH7200ontheafflictionofthyhandmaid,andrememberוּזְכַרְתַּ֙נִי֙u.ze.khar.Ta.niH2142me,andnotforgetתִשְׁכַּ֣חtish.KachH7911thyhandmaid,butwiltgiveוְנָתַתָּ֥הve.na.ta.TahH5414unto thyhandmaidaman-child,thenIwillgiveוּנְתַתִּ֤יוu.ne.ta.TivH5414himuntoJehovahallthedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofhislife,andthereshallnorazorcomeH5927uponhisheadרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ro.ShoH7218.

12Anditcametopass,asshecontinuedprayingלְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לle.hit.pa.LelH6419beforeJehovah,thatEliוְעֵלִ֖יve.'e.LiH5941markedhermouthפִּֽיהָ׃Pi.haH6310.

13NowHannahוְחַנָּ֗הve.cha.NahH2584,shespakeinherheartלִבָּ֔הּli.BahH3820;onlyרַ֚קrakH7535herlipsשְׂפָתֶ֣יהָse.fa.Tei.haH8193moved,buthervoiceוְקוֹלָ֖הּve.ko.LahH6963wasnotheardH8085: thereforeEliעֵלִ֖י'e.LiH5941thoughtshehadbeendrunkenלְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃le.shi.ko.RahH7910.

14AndEliעֵלִ֔י'e.LiH5941saidH559untoher,Howlongwilt thou be drunken?putawayH5493thywineיֵינֵ֖ךְyei.NekhH3196fromthee.

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.

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