1:9 On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. 1 (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair 2 by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)
1:15 But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, 3 my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. 4 I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to 5 the Lord.
1 tc The LXX adds “and stood before the Lord,” but this is probably a textual expansion due to the terseness of the statement in the Hebrew text.
2 tn Or perhaps, “on his throne.” See Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.
3 tn Heb “No.”
4 tn Heb “I am a woman difficult of spirit.” The LXX has “for whom the day is difficult,” apparently mistaking the Hebrew word for “spirit” רוּחַ (ruakh) to be the word for “day” יוֹם (yom).
5 tn Heb “before.”