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1 Samuel 1:15-26

15And Hannahחַנָּ֤הcha.NahH2584answeredוַתַּ֨עַןva.Ta.'anH6030and saidוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559,No, my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113, I ama womanאִשָּׁ֤ה'i.ShahH802of a sorrowfulקְשַׁת־ke.shat-H7186spiritר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achH7307:I have drunkשָׁתִ֑יתִיsha.Ti.tiH8354neither wineוְיַ֥יִןve.Ya.yinH3196nor strong drinkוְשֵׁכָ֖רve.she.KharH7941,but have poured outוָאֶשְׁפֹּ֥ךְva.'esh.PokhH8210my soulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

16Countתִּתֵּן֙ti.TenH5414not thine handmaidאֲמָ֣תְךָ֔'a.Ma.te.khaH519forלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440a daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Belialבְּלִיָּ֑עַלbe.li.Ya.'alH1100:for out of the abundanceמֵרֹ֥בme.RoH7230of my complaintשִׂיחִ֛יsi.ChiH7879and griefוְכַעְסִ֖יve.kha'.SiH3708have I spokenדִּבַּ֥רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696hitherto.

17Then Eliעֵלִ֛י'e.LiH5941answeredוַיַּ֧עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,GoH3212in peaceלְשָׁל֑וֹםle.sha.LomH7965:and the Godוֵאלֹהֵ֣יve.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478grantיִתֵּן֙yi.TenH5414theethy petitionשֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְshe.la.TekhH7596that thou hast askedשָׁאַ֖לְתְּsha.'AltH7592of him.

18And she saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559,Let thine handmaidשִׁפְחָתְךָ֛shif.cha.te.KhaH8198findתִּמְצָ֧אtim.Tza'H4672graceחֵ֖ןchenH2580in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.So the womanהָאִשָּׁ֤הha.'i.ShahH802wentH3212her wayלְדַרְכָּהּ֙le.dar.KahH1870,and did eatוַתֹּאכַ֔לva.to.KhalH398,and her countenanceוּפָנֶ֥יהָu.fa.Nei.haH6440was no more sad.

19And they rose upH7925in the morningבַבֹּ֗קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּvai.yash.Ki.muH7925,and worshippedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙vai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,and returnedוַיָּשֻׁ֛בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725,and cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to their houseבֵּיתָ֖םbei.TamH1004to Ramahהָרָמָ֑תָהha.ra.Ma.tahH7414:and Elkanahאֶלְקָנָה֙'el.ka.NahH511knewוַיֵּ֤דַעvai.Ye.da'H3045Hannahחַנָּ֣הcha.NahH2584his wifeאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.ToH802;and the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068rememberedוַיִּֽזְכְּרֶ֖הָvai.yiz.ke.Re.haH2142her.

20Wherefore it came to pass, when the timeהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117was comeלִתְקֻפ֣וֹתlit.ku.FotH8622about after Hannahחַנָּ֖הcha.NahH2584had conceivedוַתַּ֥הַרva.Ta.harH2029,that she bareוַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledH3205a sonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121,and calledוַתִּקְרָ֤אva.tik.Ra'H7121his nameשְׁמוֹ֙she.MoH8034Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050, saying,Because I have askedשְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃she.'il.TivH7592him of the Lordמֵיְהוָ֖הme.Yah.wehH3068.

21And the manהָאִ֥ישׁha.'IshH376Elkanahאֶלְקָנָ֖ה'el.ka.NahH511,and all his houseבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004,went upוַיַּ֛עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927to offerלִזְבֹּ֧חַliz.Bo.achH2076unto the Lordלַֽיהוָ֛הla.Yah.wehH3068the yearlyהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117sacrificeזֶ֥בַחZe.vachH2077,and his vowנִדְרֽוֹ׃nid.RoH5088.

22But Hannahוְחַנָּ֖הve.cha.NahH2584went not upעָלָ֑תָה'a.La.tahH5927;for she saidאָמְרָ֣ה'a.me.RahH559unto her husbandלְאִישָׁ֗הּle.'i.ShahH376, I will not go upuntil the childהַנַּ֙עַר֙ha.Na.'arH5288be weanedיִגָּמֵ֤לyi.ga.MelH1580, and thenI will bringוַהֲבִאֹתִ֗יוva.ha.vi.'o.TivH935him, that he may appearוְנִרְאָה֙ve.nir.'AhH7200beforeפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,and there abideוְיָ֥שַׁבve.Ya.shavH3427forH5704everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

23And Elkanahאֶלְקָנָ֨ה'el.ka.NahH511her husbandאִישָׁ֜הּ'i.ShahH376saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto her, Doעֲשִׂ֧י'a.SiH6213what seemethבְּעֵינַ֗יִךְbe.'ei.Na.yikhH5869thee goodהַטּ֣וֹבha.TovH2896;tarryשְׁבִי֙she.ViH3427until thou have weanedגָּמְלֵ֣ךְga.me.LekhH1580him; only the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068establishיָקֵ֥םya.KemH6965his wordדְּבָר֑וֹde.va.RoH1697.So the womanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.ShahH802abodeוַתֵּ֤שֶׁבva.Te.shevH3427,and gave her sonבְּנָ֔הּbe.NahH1121suckוַתֵּ֣ינֶקva.Tei.nekH3243until she weanedגָּמְלָ֖הּga.me.LahH1580him.

24And when she had weanedגְּמָלַ֗תּוּge.ma.La.tuH1580him, she took him upוַתַּעֲלֵ֨הוּva.ta.'a.Le.huH5927with her, with threeשְׁלֹשָׁה֙she.lo.ShahH7969bullocksבְּפָרִ֤יםbe.fa.RimH6499,and oneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259ephahוְאֵיפָ֨הve.'ei.FahH374of flourקֶ֙מַח֙ke.machH7058,and a bottleוְנֵ֣בֶלve.Ne.velH5035of wineיַ֔יִןYa.yinH3196,and broughtוַתְּבִאֵ֥הוּva.te.vi.'E.huH935him unto the houseבֵית־veit-H1004of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068in Shilohשִׁל֑וֹshi.LoH7887:and the childוְהַנַּ֖עַרve.ha.Na.'arH5288wasyoungנָֽעַר׃Na.'arH5288.

25And they slewוַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּvai.yish.cha.TuH7819a bullockהַפָּ֑רha.ParH6499,and broughtוַיָּבִ֥יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935the childהַנַּ֖עַרha.Na.'arH5288to Eliעֵלִֽי׃'e.LiH5941.

26And she saidוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559,Ohבִּ֣יbiH994my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113, asthy soulנַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.KhaH5315livethחֵ֥יcheiH2416,my lordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113, I amthe womanהָאִשָּׁ֗הha.'i.ShahH802that stoodהַנִּצֶּ֤בֶתha.ni.Tze.vetH5324by thee here, prayingלְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לle.hit.pa.LelH6419unto the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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