1 Samuel 1:23-28

1:23

Do .... think <06213 05869> [Do what.]

Lord <03068> [the Lord.]

nursed ... son <03243 01121> [son suck.]

1:24

took ... up <05927> [A.M. 2839. B.C. 1165. An. Ex. Is. 326. she took.]

three bulls <06499 07969> [three bullocks.]

The LXX., Syriac, and Arabic, read "a bullock of three years old;" which is probably correct, as we read (ver. 25) that they slew {eth happar,} "the bullock."

house <01004> [house.]

1:25

brought <0935> [brought.]

1:26

alive <05315> [as thy soul.]

1:27

boy <05288> [For this.]

Lord <03068> [and the Lord.]

1:28

[lent him. or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition, to the Lord.]

The word {hishilteehoo}, "I have lent him," is the {Hiphil} conjugation of {shu„l,} "he asked," (ver. 27,) and refers to the name of Samuel.

dedicate ............ dedicated <07592> [he shall be. or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned. he worshipped.]