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Sheוְהִיאwasbitterמָרַתof soul,נָפֶשׁand she prayedוַתִּתְפַּלֵּלtoעַלYHWHיְהוָהand wept greatly.וּבָכֹה תִבְכֶּה
1 Samuel 1:10
Study it in the app“She was bitter of soul, and she prayed to YHWH and wept greatly.”
Hannah, bitter in soul, prays silently, and Eli thinks she is drunkPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:10, word by word
- bitterמָרַתmarat
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “marat” appears- of soulנָפֶשׁnafesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafesh” appears- and she prayedתִּתְפַּלֵּלtitpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “titpalel” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and wept greatlyבָכֹהvacho
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “vacho” appears
The context
9And Hannah rose after eating in Shiloh and after drinking. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of YHWH.
10 · This verse (above)
11And she made a vow and said, “YHWH Tsevaot, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant and give your servant offspring of men, then I will give him to YHWH all the days of his life, and a razor shall not come up on his head.”