Tree of Life Version
1 Samuel 1:20
20So it came to pass at the turn of the year that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, “because I have asked Adonai for him.”
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.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)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."
- 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.”
Context of 1 Samuel 1:20
18“May your maidservant find favor in your eyes,” she said. So the woman went her way; she ate, and her countenance was no longer dejected. 19They rose up early in the morning and worshipped before Adonai, then went back to their home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and Adonai remembered her. So it came to pass at the turn of the year that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, “because I have asked Adonai for him.” 21When the man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer the annual sacrifice to Adonai and to fulfill his vow offering, 22Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “When the child is weaned, I will bring him, so he may appear before Adonai and stay there forever.”
Read all of 1 Samuel 11 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 4:25Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and she named him Seth, “For God has appointed me another seed in place of Abel—since Cain killed him.”
- Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah saying, “This one will comfort us from our work and from the pain of our hands because of the ground which Adonai cursed.”
- Genesis 16:11Then the angel of Adonai said to her, Behold, you are pregnant and about to bear a son, and you shall name him Ishmael— for Adonai has heard your affliction.
- Genesis 30:6So Rachel said, “God has judged my cause and also heard my voice—and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
- Genesis 41:51Joseph named his first-born Manasseh, “because God has caused me to forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”
- Exodus 2:10After the boy grew older she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. So she named him Moses saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son; and you shall call His name Yeshua, 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
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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
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