1 Samuel 1:5

1 Samuel 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
• New International Version (NIV)But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the Lord had closed her womb.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:5

3Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the Lord there. 4When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters; but to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb. 6Her rival, moreover, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7And it happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

1 Samuel 1:5 word by word

וּלְחַנָּ֕ה יִתֵּ֛ן מָנָ֥ה אַחַ֖ת אַפָּ֑יִם כִּ֤י אֶת־חַנָּה֙ אָהֵ֔ב וַֽיהוָ֖ה סָגַ֥ר רַחְמָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• but to Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
• he would giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• a doubleאַף'aph · faceH639
• portionמָנָהmânâh · portionH4490
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• he lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• but the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had closedסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• her wombרֶ֫חֶםrechem · wombH7358

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:5

• Genesis 43:34Then he took portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank freely with him.
• Genesis 45:22To each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.
• Genesis 29:30So Jacob had relations with Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.
• Deuteronomy 21:15“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him sons, and the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,
• Genesis 20:18For the Lord had completely closed all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
• Genesis 30:2Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion - The Hebrew here is very obscure, אפים אחת מנה יתן yitten manah achath appayim ; he gave her one portion of two faces; which the Syriac renders, he gave her one Double Part; and the Chaldee, he gave her one Chosen part; the Arabic is nearly the same; the Vulgate Annae autem dedit unam partem tristis, but to Anna he being sorrowful gave one part. As the shew-bread that was presented to the Lord was called פנים לחם…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5A worthy portion - Probably as in the margin. Naturally she would have had a single portion of the sacrifice (compare 1 Samuel 9:23), but because of his love to her he gave her a double portion, enough for two people (compare Genesis 43:34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-8Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1Sa 1:1-8. Of Elkanah and His Two Wives. 1-2. a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim--The first word being in the dual number, signifies the double city--the old and new town of Ramah (1Sa 1:19). There were five cities of this name, all on high ground. This city had the addition of Zophim attached to it, because it was founded by Zuph, "an Ephrathite," that is a native of Ephratha. Beth-lehem, and the expression "of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:5

• Cruelty
• Family
• Favoritism
• Hannah
• Polygamy
• Satire
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Hannah
• Bitterness
• Sorrowful
• Temple
• Ark of the Covenant
• Deuteronomy
• Elkanah
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis

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