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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion because the Lord had given her no children.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:5

3Year after year this man went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord. 4Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. 6Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. 7This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• But unto Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
• he gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• worthyאַף'aph · faceH639
• portionמָנָהmânâh · portionH4490
• for he lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• but the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had shut upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• her wombרֶ֫חֶםrechem · wombH7358

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:5

• Genesis 43:34When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
• Genesis 45:22To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
• Genesis 29:30Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
• Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,
• Genesis 20:18for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
• Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

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