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1 Samuel 1:1-3

1Now there was a certainאֶחָ֜ד'e.ChadH259manאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376of Ramathaim–zophimH7436,of mountמֵהַ֣רme.HarH2022Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,and his nameוּשְׁמ֡וֹu.she.MoH8034wasElkanahאֶ֠לְקָנָה'El.ka.nahH511,the 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 Ephrathiteאֶפְרָתִֽי׃'ef.ra.TiH673:

2And he had twoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147wivesנָשִׁ֔יםna.ShimH802;the nameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034of the oneאַחַת֙'a.ChatH259wasHannahחַנָּ֔הcha.NahH2584,and the nameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034of the otherהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.NitH8145Peninnahפְּנִנָּ֑הpe.ni.NahH6444:and Peninnahלִפְנִנָּה֙lif.ni.NahH6444had childrenיְלָדִ֔יםye.la.DimH3206,but Hannahוּלְחַנָּ֖הu.le.cha.NahH2584had no childrenיְלָדִֽים׃ye.la.DimH3206.

3And thisהַה֤וּאha.Hu'H1931manהָאִ֨ישׁha.'IshH376went upוְעָלָה֩ve.'a.LahH5927out of his cityמֵֽעִירוֹ֙me.'i.RoH5892yearlyH3117to worshipלְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧תle.hish.ta.cha.VotH7812and to sacrificeוְלִזְבֹּ֛חַve.liz.Bo.achH2076unto the Lordלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635in Shilohבְּשִׁלֹ֑הbe.shi.LohH7887.And the twoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Eliעֵלִ֗י'e.LiH5941,Hophniחָפְנִי֙cha.fe.NiH2652and Phinehasוּפִ֣נְחָ֔סu.Fin.ChasH6372,the priestsכֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.NimH3548of the Lordלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068, were there.

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