1 Samuel 1:1-14
The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The First Book of the KINGS 1 Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh. 4 He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in grief prays for a child. 12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her. 19 Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned. 24 She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord.
Ramathaim Zophim <07436> [Ramathaim-zophim.]
This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas, about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to modern travellers, about nine miles from Joppa and a league from Lydda, between which it is situated. It is built on a rising ground, on a rich plain, and contains about two thousand families.
[Arimathea. mount.]
Elkanah <0511> [Elkanah.]
Zuph <06689> [Zuph.]
Ephraimite <0673> [Ephrathite.]
two <08147> [two.]
Hannah ............... Hannah <02584> [but.]
<03117> [yearly. Heb. from year to year.]
worship <07812> [to worship.]
Shiloh <07887> [Shiloh.]
two <08147> [And the.]
sacrifice <02076> [offered.]
double portion <0259 0639 04490> [a worthy portion. or, a double portion.]
The Hebrew phrase, {manah achath appayim,} is correctly rendered by Gesenius, {ein Stud fur zwei personen, doppelle Portion,} "a portion for two persons, a double portion;" for {aph} in Hebrew, and [prosopon] in Greek, which literally mean a face, are used for a person.
loved <0157> [he loved.]
not enabled ... to have children <05462> [shut up.]
rival <06869> [adversary.]
upset ...... worry <03707 03708> [provoked her. Heb. angered her.]
year ... year <08141> [year.]
Whenever ... went up <01767 05927> [when she. or, from the time that she. Heb. from her going up.]
weep <01058> [why weepest.]
better <02896> [am not.]
very upset <05315 04751> [in bitterness of soul. Heb. bitter of soul.]
prayed <06419> [prayed.]
weeping uncontrollably <01058> [wept sore.]
<05087> [vowed.]
look <07200> [look.]
remembering <02142> [remember.]
child <0582 02233> [a man child. Heb. seed of men. I will give.]
Samuel, as a descendent of Levi, was the Lord's property, from twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies that he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to his death, and that he should not only act as a Levite, but as a Nazarite.
<04177> [there.]
praying <06419 07235> [continued praying. Heb. multiplied to pray.]
speaking <01696> [spake.]
drunk <07910> [she had.]
get drunk <07937> [How long.]
Put away <05493> [put away.]
