Study it in the app“And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes; stay until you have weaned him; only may YHWH establish his word.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him.”
And Elkanahוַ אֶלְקָנָהher husbandאִישָׁהּsaidיֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“Doעֲשִׂיwhat is goodהַטּוֹבin your eyes;בְּעֵינַיִךְstayשְׁבִיuntilעַדyou have weanedגָּמְלֵךְhim;אֹתוֹonlyאַךְmay YHWHיְהוָהestablishיָקֵםhis word.”אֶת דְּבָרוֹSo the womanהָאִשָּׁהstayedוַתֵּשֶׁבand nursedוַתֵּינֶקher sonאֶת בְּנָהּuntilעַדshe weanedגָּמְלָהּhim.אֹתוֹ
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” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asi” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enayi” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “shevi” appearswean
To stop nursing a child.
Where else “gamle” 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” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yakem” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsnurse
To give a baby the breast, the mother or the woman who nurses him.
Where else “tenek” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appears22But 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.”
23 · This verse (above)
24And she brought him up with her when she had weaned him, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of YHWH at Shiloh. And the boy was young.
