1 Samuel 1:9--2:10

1:9

1:10

very upset <05315 04751> [in bitterness of soul. Heb. bitter of soul.]

prayed <06419> [prayed.]

weeping uncontrollably <01058> [wept sore.]

1:11

<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.]

1:12

praying <06419 07235> [continued praying. Heb. multiplied to pray.]

1:13

speaking <01696> [spake.]

drunk <07910> [she had.]

1:14

get drunk <07937> [How long.]

Put away <05493> [put away.]

1:15

lord <0113> [No, my Lord.]

stress <07186 07307> [of a sorrowful spirit. Heb. hard of spirit. poured.]

1:16

woman <01323> [a daughter.]

deep <07230> [out of.]

pain <07879> [complaint. or, meditation.]

1:17

<03212> [Go.]

God <0430> [the God.]

1:18

servant <08198> [Let thine.]

way <03212 01870> [went her.]

1:19

early <07925> [they rose.]

marital relations <03045> [knew.]

Lord ................... Lord <03068> [and the Lord.]

1:20

time <08622 03117> [when the time was come about. Heb. in revolution of days.]

Samuel. that is, Asked of God. Because.

1:21

1:22

bring <0935> [then.]

remain <03427> [and there.]

from then on <05704 05769> [for ever.]

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.]

2:1

prayed <06419> [prayed.]

heart <03820> [My heart.]

horn <07161> [mine horn.]

<06310> [my mouth.]

happy <08055> [I rejoice.]

2:2

holy <06918> [none holy.]

than <01115> [none beside.]

rock <06697> [rock.]

2:3

proud <06277> [let not arrogancy. Heb. hard.]

God <0410> [a God.]

do <05949> [by him.]

2:4

bows <07198> [The bows.]

stumble <03782> [stumbled.]

2:5

well-fed <07649> [full.]

barren <06135> [the barren.]

withers away <0535> [waxed feeble.]

2:6

both kills <04191> [killeth.]

down <03381> [he bringeth.]

2:7

impoverishes .... wealthy <03423 06238> [maketh.]

humbles <08213> [bringeth.]

2:8

weak <01800> [the poor.]

seat .... princes <03427 05081> [set them.]

foundations <04690> [the pillars.]

2:9

watches over <08104> [will keep.]

holy ones <02623> [his saints.]

speechless <01826> [be silent.]

strength <03581> [by strength.]

2:10

adversaries .... against <07378> [adversaries.]

heavens <08064> [out of heaven.]

The LXX. insert, "Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, nor the strong glory in his strength, nor the rich glory in his riches; but let him who glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth the Lord, and executeth judgment and righteousness in the midst of the earth."

thunders <07481> [he thunder.]

executes <01777> [judge.]

will <05414> [he shall.]

exalt <07311> [exalt.]

anointed one <04899> [anointed.]