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And Eliוַ עֵלִיsaidיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Howעַדlongמָתַיwill you be drunk?תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִיןPut awayהָסִירִי אֶתyour wineיֵינֵךְfrom you.”מֵעָלָיִךְ
1 Samuel 1:14
Study it in the app“And Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you.””
Hannah, bitter in soul, prays silently, and Eli thinks she is drunkPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:14, word by word
- And Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- longמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- will you be drunkתִּשְׁתַּכָּרִיtishtakari
get drunk
To drink until senseless.
Where else “tishtakari” appears- Put awayהָסִירִיhasiri
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiri” appears- your wineיֵינֵyene
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yene” appears
The context
13Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard. So Eli took her to be drunk.
14 · This verse (above)
15And Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord; I am a woman troubled in spirit. Wine and intoxicating drink I have not drunk, but I have poured out my soul before YHWH.