Study it in the app“And 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.””
Hannah, bitter in soul, prays silently, and Eli thinks she is drunkPrayer
And she madeוַתִּדֹּרa vowנֶדֶרand said,וַתֹּאמַר“YHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתifאִםyou will indeed lookרָאֹה תִרְאֶהon the afflictionבָּעֳנִיof your servantאֲמָתֶךָand remember meוּזְכַרְתַּנִיand notוְלֹאforgetתִשְׁכַּחyour servantאֶת אֲמָתֶךָand giveוְנָתַתָּהyour servantלַאֲמָתְךָoffspringזֶרַעof men,אֲנָשִׁיםthen I will give himוּנְתַתִּיוto YHWHלַיהוָהallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof his life,חַיָּיוand a razorוּמוֹרָהshall notלֹאcome upיַעֲלֶהonעַלhis head.”רֹאשׁוֹ
vow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “tidor” appearsvow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “neder” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appearsYHWH
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rao” appearsaffliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appearsfemale slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amate” appearsremember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zecharta” appearsforget
Forget.
Where else “tishkach” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayay” appearsrazor
Razor: a blade for cutting the hair or shaving.
Where else “mora” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears“Offspring of men”: a male child. Not cutting the hair was the sign of the Nazirite, the one set apart for God (Numbers 6:5; Judges 13:5).
10She was bitter of soul, and she prayed to YHWH and wept greatly.
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12And it happened, as she prayed at length before YHWH, that Eli was watching her mouth.
