1 Samuel 1

1 There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah [town] in the hilly area where [the tribe of] Ephraim lived. His father was Jeroham, his grandfather was Elihu, and his great-grandfather was Tohu. He belonged to the Zuph clan.

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

2 He had two wives: Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had several children, but Hannah had no children.

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

3 Once every year Elkanah went up [with his family] from Ramah to Shiloh [city]. He went there to worship Yahweh, [the commander] of the armies [of angels], and to offer sacrifices to him. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [helped their father to do the work as] priests of Yahweh there.

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

4 Each time Elkanah offered sacrifices there, he gave some of the meat to Peninnah and some to each of her sons and daughters.

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

5 But even though he loved Hannah very much, he gave her only one special amount of meat because Yahweh had not permitted her to give birth to any children.

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

6 And his other wife, Peninnah, would ridicule Hannah to make her feel miserable, because Yahweh had not allowed her to bear children.

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

7 This happened every year. When they went up to the temple of Yahweh [at Shiloh], Peninnah ridiculed Hannah so much that Hannah cried and would not eat.

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

8 Then Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, (why are you crying?/please quit crying!) [RHQ] (Why are you not eating?/Please eat something!) [RHQ] Why are you so upset/sad? You have me; is that not more important to you than if you had ten sons? (OR, I [love you] more than your sons [would love you], even if you had ten sons.)”

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

9 One year, after they had finished eating and drinking at Shiloh, Hannah stood up [to pray]. Eli the priest was nearby, sitting on a chair by the doorway of the sacred tent of Yahweh.

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

10 Hannah was very distressed, and she cried very sorrowfully as she prayed to Yahweh.

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

11 She made a vow saying, “O Almighty Commander of the armies of angels, if you will look at me and see how miserable I am, and think about me and allow me to give birth to a son, then I will dedicate him to you [to serve you] for the rest of his life. And [to show that he is dedicated to you], (no one will ever [be allowed to] cut his hair/his hair will never be cut).”

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

12 As she was praying like that to Yahweh, Eli the priest saw Hannah’s lips [moving as she was praying].

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

13 But Hannah was only praying silently; she was not making any sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk.

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

14 He said to her, “How long will you continue to get drunk [RHQ]? (Throw away your wine/Quit drinking wine)!”

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

15 Hannah replied, “Sir, I am not drunk! I have not been drinking wine or any other alcoholic drink. I feel very distressed and I have been telling Yahweh about how I feel.

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

16 Do not think that I am a worthless/wicked woman! I have been praying like this because I am very distressed [DOU].”

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

17 Eli replied, “I wish/desire that things will go well for you. I desire that God, the one we Israeli people [worship], will give you what you requested from him.”

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

18 She replied, “I want you to think highly/well about me.” Then she returned [to her family] and after she ate something, her face no longer looked sad.

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

19 Early the next morning, Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped Yahweh [again], and then they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah (slept with/had sex with) Hannah. Then Yahweh answered her prayer,

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

20 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, [which sounds like the words in the Hebrew language that mean ‘heard by God’], because she said “Yahweh [heard me when] I requested from him [a son].”

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

21 The following year, Elkanah again went up [to Shiloh] with his family to make the kind of sacrifice he made each year, and also to give a special offering to God that he had promised [to give him previously].

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

22 But Hannah did not go [with them]. She said to her husband, “After I have weaned the baby, I will take him [to Shiloh and present him] to Yahweh, and he will stay there for the rest of his life.”

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

23 Elkanah said, “Do what seems the best to you. Stay here until you have weaned him. What I desire is that Yahweh will [enable you to] do what you have promised.” So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her son until she weaned him.

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 [obj] him

24 After she weaned him, even though Samuel was very young, she took him to the temple/house of Yahweh at Shiloh. [To offer as a sacrifice], she took along a three-year-old bull, [a sack containing] (20 pounds/9 kg.) of flour, and a container of wine.

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

25 After the priest had slaughtered the bull [and offered it to Yahweh on the altar], Hannah and Elkanah brought the boy to Eli.

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

26 Then Hannah said to him, “Sir, (Do you remember me?/I solemnly affirm), I am the woman who prayed as I stood here beside you [several years ago].

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

27 I prayed that Yahweh would enable me to give birth to a child, and this is the child whom I requested Yahweh to give me.

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

28 So now I am presenting him to Yahweh. He will belong to Yahweh as long as he lives.” Then Elkanah [and his family] worshiped Yahweh there.

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