Berean Standard Bible

1 Samuel 1:1-3

1Now there wasוַיְהִי֩vay.HiH1961aאֶחָ֜ד'e.ChadH259manאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376namedוּשְׁמ֡וֹu.she.MoH8034Elkanahאֶ֠לְקָנָה'El.ka.nahH511who wasfromמִן־min-H4480Ramathaim-zophimH7436in the hill countryמֵהַ֣רme.HarH2022of Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669. He wasthe sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Jerohamיְרֹחָ֧םye.ro.ChamH3395,the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Elihuאֱלִיה֛וּא'e.li.Hu'H453,the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Tohuתֹּ֥חוּTo.chuH8459,the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Zuphצ֖וּףtzufH6689,an Ephraimiteאֶפְרָתִֽי׃'ef.ra.TiH673.

2He hadtwoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147wivesנָשִׁ֔יםna.ShimH802,oneאַחַת֙'a.ChatH259namedשֵׁ֤םshemH8034Hannahחַנָּ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥םcha.Nah ve.ShemH2584 H8034and the otherהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.NitH8145Peninnahפְּנִנָּ֑הpe.ni.NahH6444.And Peninnahלִפְנִנָּה֙lif.ni.NahH6444hadוַיְהִ֤יvay.HiH1961childrenיְלָדִ֔יםye.la.DimH3206,but Hannahוּלְחַנָּ֖הu.le.cha.NahH2584had noneאֵ֥ין יְלָדִֽים׃'ein ye.la.DimH369 H3206.

3Year after yearH3117Elkanahהָאִ֨ישׁ הַה֤וּאha.'Ish ha.Hu'H1931 H376would go upוְעָלָה֩ve.'a.LahH5927from his cityמֵֽעִירוֹ֙me.'i.RoH5892to worshipלְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧תle.hish.ta.cha.VotH7812and sacrificeוְלִזְבֹּ֛חַve.liz.Bo.achH2076to the LORDלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635at Shilohבְּשִׁלֹ֑הbe.shi.LohH7887,whereוְשָׁ֞םve.ShamH8033Eli’sעֵלִ֗י'e.LiH5941twoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121,Hophniחָפְנִי֙cha.fe.NiH2652and Phinehasוּפִ֣נְחָ֔סu.Fin.ChasH6372,were priestsכֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.NimH3548to the LORDלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

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