1 Samuel 1

1 and to be man one from [the] Ramathaim-zophim Ramathaim-zophim from mountain: hill country Ephraim and name his Elkanah son: child Jeroham son: child Elihu son: child Tohu son: child Zuph Ephraimite

Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

2 and to/for him two woman: wife name one Hannah and name [the] second Peninnah and to be to/for Peninnah youth and to/for Hannah nothing youth

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

3 and to ascend: rise [the] man [the] he/she/it from city his from day: year day: year [to] to/for to bow and to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD Hosts in/on/with Shiloh and there two son: child Eli Hophni and Phinehas priest to/for LORD

Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

4 and to be [the] day and to sacrifice Elkanah and to give: give to/for Peninnah woman: wife his and to/for all son: child her and daughter her portion

And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

5 and to/for Hannah to give: give portion one face for [obj] Hannah to love: lover and LORD to shut womb her

But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

6 and to provoke her vexer her also vexation in/on/with for the sake of to thunder her for to shut LORD about/through/for womb her

Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.

7 and so to make: do year in/on/with year from sufficiency to ascend: rise she in/on/with house: temple LORD so to provoke her and to weep and not to eat

And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.

8 and to say to/for her Elkanah man: husband her Hannah to/for what? to weep and to/for what? not to eat and to/for what? be ill heart your not I pleasant to/for you from ten son: child

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

9 and to arise: rise Hannah after to eat in/on/with Shiloh and after to drink and Eli [the] priest to dwell upon [the] throne: seat upon doorpost temple LORD

So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

10 and he/she/it bitter soul: myself and to pray upon LORD and to weep to weep

In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

11 and to vow vow and to say LORD Hosts if to see: see to see: see in/on/with affliction maidservant your and to remember me and not to forget [obj] maidservant your and to give: give to/for maidservant your seed: children human and to give: give him to/for LORD all day life his and razor not to ascend: rise upon head his

And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”

12 and to be for to multiply to/for to pray to/for face: before LORD and Eli to keep: obey [obj] lip her

As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.

13 and Hannah he/she/it to speak: speak upon heart her except lips her to shake and voice her not to hear: hear and to devise: think her Eli to/for drunken

Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

14 and to say to(wards) her Eli till how be drunk [emph?] to turn aside: remove [obj] wine your from upon you

and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”

15 and to answer Hannah and to say not lord my woman severe spirit I and wine and strong drink not to drink and to pour: pour [obj] soul my to/for face: before LORD

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

16 not to give: make [obj] maidservant your to/for face of daughter Belial for from abundance complaint my and vexation my to speak: speak till here/thus

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

17 and to answer Eli and to say to go: went to/for peace and God Israel to give: give [obj] petition your which to ask from from with him

“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

18 and to say to find maidservant your favor in/on/with eye: appearance your and to go: went [the] woman to/for way: journey her and to eat and face her not to be to/for her still

“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.

19 and to rise in/on/with morning and to bow to/for face: before LORD and to return: return and to come (in): marry to(wards) house: home their [the] Ramah [to] and to know Elkanah [obj] Hannah woman: wife his and to remember her LORD

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

20 and to be to/for circuit [the] day and to conceive Hannah and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Samuel for from LORD to ask him

So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

21 and to ascend: rise [the] man Elkanah and all house: home his to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD [obj] sacrifice [the] day: year and [obj] vow his

Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

22 and Hannah not to ascend: rise for to say to/for man: husband her till to wean [the] youth and to come (in): bring him and to see: see with face: before LORD and to dwell there till forever: enduring

but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”

23 and to say to/for her Elkanah man: husband her to make: do [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your to dwell till to wean you [obj] him surely to arise: establish LORD [obj] word his and to dwell [the] woman and to suckle [obj] son: child her till (to wean she *LAH(b)*) [obj] him

“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

24 and to ascend: rise him with her like/as as which to wean him in/on/with bullock three and ephah one flour and bag wine and to come (in): bring him house: temple LORD Shiloh and [the] youth youth

Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.

25 and to slaughter [obj] [the] bullock and to come (in): bring [obj] [the] youth to(wards) Eli

And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

26 and to say please lord my alive soul: myself your lord my I [the] woman [the] to stand with you in/on/with this to/for to pray to(wards) LORD

“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.

27 to(wards) [the] youth [the] this to pray and to give: give LORD to/for me [obj] petition my which to ask from from with him

I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

28 and also I to ask him to/for LORD all [the] day which to be he/she/it to ask to/for LORD and to bow there to/for LORD

I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.