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Do notאַלregardתִּתֵּןyour servantאֶת אֲמָתְךָasלִפְנֵיa wickedבְּלִיָּעַלwoman,בַּתforכִּיout of the greatnessמֵרֹבof my complaintשִׂיחִיand my griefוְכַעְסִיI have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיuntilעַדnow.”הֵנָּה
1 Samuel 1:16
Study it in the app“Do not regard your servant as a wicked woman, for out of the greatness of my complaint and my grief I have spoken until now.””
Hannah, bitter in soul, prays silently, and Eli thinks she is drunkPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:16, word by word
- regardתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- your servantאֲמָתְamat
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amat” appears- asפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- a wickedבְּלִיָּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears- womanבַּתbat
young
Literally "daughter" in set phrases, like the center of the eye or an animal's age.
Where else “bat” appears- out of the greatnessרֹבrov
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appears- of my complaintשִׂיחִsichi
complaint
What one says in pouring out grief.
Where else “sichi” appears- and my griefכַעְסִchasi
grief
Bitter pain one carries inside.
Where else “chasi” appears- I have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace, and may the Elohim of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”