Study it in the app“That 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.”
Thatהַהוּאmanהָאִישׁused to go upוְעָלָהfrom his cityמֵעִירוֹyear after yearמִיָּמִים יָמִימָהto bow downלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתand to sacrificeוְלִזְבֹּחַto YHWHלַיהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתin Shiloh;בְּשִׁלֹהand thereוְשָׁםwerethe twoשְׁנֵיsonsבְנֵיof Eli,עֵלִיHophniחָפְנִיand Phinehas,וּפִנְחָסpriestsכֹּהֲנִיםof YHWH.לַיהוָה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavot” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zeboach” 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 “yhva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsShiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsEli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appearsHophni
Hophni, one of the two sons of the priest Eli; he died together with his brother Phinehas (1 Samuel 4:11).
Where else “chafni” appearsPhinehas
Phinehas, the name of two priests: the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Numbers 25:7) and one of the two sons of Eli (1 Samuel 1:3); also the father of a priest after the exile (Ezra 8:33).
Where else “finchas” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears“YHWH Tsevaot” means “YHWH of armies”; this is the first time this name appears in the Bible.
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).
2He 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4And the day came when Elkanah sacrificed, and he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
