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He hadוְלוֹtwoשְׁתֵּיwives;נָשִׁיםthe nameשֵׁםof the one wasאַחַתHannah,חַנָּהand the nameוְשֵׁםof the secondהַשֵּׁנִיתPeninnah.פְּנִנָּהAndוַPeninnahפְנִנָּהhadיְהִי לִchildren,יְלָדִיםbutוּHannahחַנָּהhadלְnoאֵיןchildren.יְלָדִים
1 Samuel 1:2
Study it in the app“He had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:2, word by word
- twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the one wasאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- Hannahחַנָּהchana
Hannah
Hannah, wife of Elkanah and mother of the prophet Samuel. The name means "favor".
Where else “chana” appears- of the secondשֵּׁנִיתshenit
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appears- Peninnahפְּנִנָּהpenina
Peninnah
Peninnah, Elkanah's other wife. The name means "pearl" or "coral".
Where else “penina” appears- hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- childrenיְלָדִיםyeladim
child
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeladim” appears
The context
1There was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
2 · This verse (above)
3That man used to go up from his city year after year to bow down and to sacrifice to YHWH Tsevaot in Shiloh; and there were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests of YHWH.