Study it in the app“They 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.”
They rose earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּמוּin the morningבַבֹּקֶרand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH;יְהוָהthen they returnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלtheir houseבֵּיתָםat Ramah.הָרָמָתָהAnd Elkanahוַ אֶלְקָנָהknewיֵּדַעHannahאֶת חַנָּהhis wife,אִשְׁתּוֹand YHWHוַ יְהוָהremembered her.יִּזְכְּרֶהָ
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkimu” appearsmorning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “beta” appearsRamah
See it on the mapWhere else “ramata” appearsElkanah
Elkanah, a name borne by several men; among them a son of Korah (Exodus 6:24) and the father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). It means "El has acquired".
Where else “elkana” appearslie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “yeda” appearsHannah
Hannah, wife of Elkanah and mother of the prophet Samuel. The name means "favor".
Where else “chana” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearsremember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “yizkre” appears“Knew” here means that he joined with her as husband (Genesis 4:1).
Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
18And 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20And it happened, at the turn of the days, that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Samuel: “Because I asked for him from YHWH.”
