And she brought him upוַתַּעֲלֵהוּwith herעִמָּהּwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרshe had weaned him,גְּמָלַתּוּwith threeבְּ שְׁלֹשָׁהbulls,פָרִיםoneאַחַתephahוְאֵיפָהof flour,קֶמַחand a skinוְנֵבֶלof wine,יַיִןand she brought himוַתְּבִאֵהוּto the houseבֵיתof YHWHיְהוָהat Shiloh.שִׁלוֹAnd the boyוְהַנַּעַרwas young.נָעַר
1 Samuel 1:24
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With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:24, word by word
- And she brought him upתַּעֲלֵtaale
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “taale” appears- she had weaned himגְּמָלַתּgemalat
wean
To stop nursing a child.
Where else “gemalat” appears- with threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- bullsפָרִיםfarim
bull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “farim” appears- oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- ephahאֵיפָהefa
ephah
Ephah: a measure for grain, about twenty-two liters; also a measure in general.
Where else “efa” appears- of flourקֶמַחkemach
flour
Flour.
Where else “kemach” appears- and a skinנֵבֶלnevel
skin bottle
A vessel of leather or clay in which wine was kept.
Where else “nevel” appears- of wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- and she brought himתְּבִאֵtevie
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “tevie” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- at Shilohשִׁלוֹshilo
Shiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appears- And the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears
Translation note
Word for word: “and the boy was a boy.”
Places in this verse
Shiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
The context
23And 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.
24 · This verse (above)
25And they slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.