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And Iוְ אָנֹכִיalsoגַםhave given him overהִשְׁאִלְתִּהוּto YHWH;לַיהוָהallכָּלthe daysהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרhe livesהָיָה הוּאhe is given overשָׁאוּלto YHWH.”לַיהוָהAnd he bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּthereשָׁםto YHWH.לַיהוָה
1 Samuel 1:28
Study it in the app“And I also have given him over to YHWH; all the days that he lives he is given over to YHWH.” And he bowed down there to YHWH.”
Hannah gives back to God the son she asked forParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:28, word by word
- have given him overהִשְׁאִלְתִּhishilti
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “hishilti” 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 daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- he livesהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- And he bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחוּyishtachu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachu” appears
Translation note
“Give over” is in Hebrew another form of the verb “ask”: the son asked of YHWH is handed over to YHWH. The Hebrew says “he bowed down,” without naming whom it refers to.
The context
27For this boy I prayed, and YHWH has given me my petition that I asked of him.
28 · This verse (above)