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1 Samuel 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?


1 Samuel 1:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 1:819 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ֜/הּlāh
pron
אֶלְקָנָ֣הʾeləqānāh
ElkanahnounH511
אִישָׁ֗/הּʾiyšāh
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
חַנָּה֙ḥanāh
HannahnounH2584
לָ֣/מֶהlāmeh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִבְכִּ֗יtibəkiy
bewailverbH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
וְ/לָ֨/מֶה֙wəlāmeh
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֹֽאכְלִ֔יtōʾkəliy
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/לָ֖/מֶהwəlāmeh
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יֵרַ֣עyēraʿ
be grevious (only Isaiah 15:4; the rest belong toverbH3415
לְבָבֵ֑/ךְləbābēkə
breastnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
הֲ/ל֤וֹאhălwōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָֽנֹכִי֙ʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
ט֣וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָ֔/ךְlākə
pron
מֵ/עֲשָׂרָ֖הmēʿăśārāh
tenpronH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
בָּנִֽיםbāniym
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
Words 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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