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The manהָאִישׁElkanahאֶלְקָנָהwent upוַיַּעַלwith allוְכָלhis householdבֵּיתוֹto sacrificeלִזְבֹּחַto YHWHלַיהוָהthe yearlyהַיָּמִיםsacrificeאֶת זֶבַחand his vow.וְאֶת נִדְרוֹ
1 Samuel 1:21
Study it in the app“The man Elkanah went up with all his household to sacrifice to YHWH the yearly sacrifice and his vow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:21, word by word
- The manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- Elkanahאֶלְקָנָהelkana
Elkanah
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” appears- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- his householdבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- to sacrificeזְבֹּחַzeboach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zeboach” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears- the yearlyיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- and his vowנִדְרnidr
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “nidr” appears
The context
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.”
21 · This verse (above)
22But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “Until the boy is weaned; then I will bring him, and he will appear before YHWH and dwell there forever.”