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And the day cameוַיְהִי הַיּוֹםwhen Elkanahאֶלְקָנָהsacrificed,וַיִּזְבַּחand he would giveוְנָתַןportionsמָנוֹתto Peninnahלִפְנִנָּהhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹand to allוּלְכָלher sonsבָּנֶיהָand her daughters;וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ
1 Samuel 1:4
Study it in the app“And the day came when Elkanah sacrificed, and he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;”
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1 Samuel 1:4, word by word
- And the day cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- And the day cameיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- when 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- sacrificedיִּזְבַּחyizbach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbach” appears- and he would giveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- portionsמָנוֹתmanot
portion
Portion, the share that falls to someone.
Where else “manot” appears- to Peninnahפְנִנָּהfenina
Peninnah
Peninnah, Elkanah's other wife. The name means "pearl" or "coral".
Where else “fenina” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- her sonsבָּנֶיbane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appears- and her daughtersבְנוֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears
The context
3That 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, though YHWH had closed her womb.