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And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“May your servantשִׁפְחָתְךָfindתִּמְצָאfavorחֵןin your eyes.”בְּעֵינֶיךָSo the womanוַ הָאִשָּׁהwentתֵּלֶךְon her wayלְדַרְכָּהּand ate,וַתֹּאכַלand her faceוּפָנֶיהָwas no longerלֹא הָיוּ לָהּ עוֹדsad.
1 Samuel 1:18
Study it in the app“And she said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” So the woman went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.”
Hannah, bitter in soul, prays silently, and Eli thinks she is drunkPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:18, word by word
- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “May your servantשִׁפְחָתְshifchat
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appears- findתִּמְצָאtimtsa
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “timtsa” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- So the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- wentתֵּלֶךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- on her wayדַרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears- and ateתֹּאכַלtochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appears- and her faceפָנֶיfane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fane” appears- was no longerהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears
The context
17Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace, and may the Elohim of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
18 · This verse (above)
19They rose early in the morning and bowed down before YHWH; then they returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and YHWH remembered her.