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Hannahוְחַנָּהwas speakingהִיא מְדַבֶּרֶתinעַלher heart;לִבָּהּonlyרַקher lipsשְׂפָתֶיהָwere moving,נָּעוֹתand her voiceוְקוֹלָהּwas notלֹאheard.יִשָּׁמֵעַSo Eliוַ עֵלִיtook herיַּחְשְׁבֶהָto be drunk.לְשִׁכֹּרָה
1 Samuel 1:13
Study it in the app“Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard. So Eli took her to be drunk.”
Hannah, bitter in soul, prays silently, and Eli thinks she is drunkPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:13, word by word
- Hannahחַנָּהchana
Hannah
Hannah, wife of Elkanah and mother of the prophet Samuel. The name means "favor".
Where else “chana” appears- was speakingמְדַבֶּרֶתmedaberet
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaberet” appears- her heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- her lipsשְׂפָתֶיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears- were movingנָּעוֹתnaot
stagger
To shake, tremble, totter.
Where else “naot” appears- and her voiceקוֹלָkola
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kola” appears- heardיִשָּׁמֵעַyishamea
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishamea” appears- So Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- took herיַּחְשְׁבֶyachshve
think
To turn something over in the mind until forming an opinion.
Where else “yachshve” appears- to be drunkשִׁכֹּרָהshikora
drunk
Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.
Where else “shikora” appears
The context
12And it happened, as she prayed at length before YHWH, that Eli was watching her mouth.
13 · This verse (above)
14And Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you.”