“And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.”
1 Samuel 1:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 1:2324 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הּ֩lāh
pron
אֶלְקָנָ֨הʾeləqānāh
ElkanahnounH511
אִישָׁ֜/הּʾiyšāh
husband hernounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
עֲשִׂ֧יʿăśiy
doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הַ/טּ֣וֹבhaṭwōb
the goodparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
בְּ/עֵינַ֗יִ/ךְbəʿēynayikə
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
שְׁבִי֙šəbiy
remainverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
גָּמְלֵ֣/ךְgāməlēkə
wean youverbH1580
deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···
אֹת֔/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
אַ֛ךְʾakə
onlyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
יָקֵ֥םyāqēm
may he carry outverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דְּבָר֑/וֹdəbārwō
word hisnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
וַ/תֵּ֤שֶׁבwatēšeb
and she remainedconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙hāʾišāh
the womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
וַ/תֵּ֣ינֶקwatēyneq
and she suckledconjH3243
nurse · (give · make to) suck(-ing child · -ling)
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּנָ֔/הּbənāh
son hernounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
גָּמְלָ֖/הּgāməlāh
bestow onverbH1580
deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···
אֹתֽ/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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