1 Samuel 1:20

1 Samuel 1:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”

Context of 1 Samuel 1:20

18And she said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. 19They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the Lord." 21The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. 22But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord and dwell there forever."

1 Samuel 1:20 word by word

וַיְהִי֙ לִתְקֻפ֣וֹת הַיָּמִ֔ים וַתַּ֥הַר חַנָּ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י מֵיְהוָ֖ה שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore it came to pass, when the timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• was comeתְּקוּפָהteqûphâh teqûphâh · circuitH8622
• about after Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
• had conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• that she bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• a sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050
• Because I have askedשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• him of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:20

• Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
• Genesis 5:29and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands."
• Genesis 16:11And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
• Genesis 30:6Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.
• Genesis 41:51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."
• Exodus 2:10When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."
• Matthew 1:21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Called his name Samuel - As she gave this name to her son because she had asked him of the Lord, the word שמואל Shemuel must be here considerably contracted; if it express this sentiment, the component parts of it are the following: מאל שאול shaul meEl, "asked of God." This name would put both the mother and the son in continual remembrance of the Divine interposition at his birth. See on 1 Samuel 1:28; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Samuel - i. e. heard of God, because given in answer to prayer. The names “Ishmael” and “Elishama” have the same etymology.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, yet they would not move till they had worshipped God together. Prayer and provender do not hinder a journey. When men are in such haste to set out upon journeys, or to engage in business, that they have not time to worship God, they are likely to proceed without his presence and blessing. Hannah, though she felt a warm regard for the courts of God's…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. called his name Samuel--doubtless with her husband's consent. The names of children were given sometimes by the fathers, and sometimes by the mothers (see Ge 4:1, 26; 5:29; 19:37; 21:3); and among the early Hebrews, they were commonly compound names, one part including the name of God.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:20

• Barrenness
• Children
• Conception
• Hannah
• Prayer
• Ramah
• Samuel

In the dictionaries

• Hannah
• Samuel
• Bitterness
• Sorrowful
• Temple
• Ark of the Covenant
• Birth
• Child; Children
• Elkanah
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings