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And her rivalוְ צָרָתָהּwould provoke herכִעֲסַתָּהbitterlyגַּם כַּעַסin order toבַּעֲבוּרirritate her,הַרְּעִמָהּbecauseכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhad closed upסָגַר בְּעַדher womb.רַחְמָהּ
1 Samuel 1:6
Study it in the app“And her rival would provoke her bitterly in order to irritate her, because YHWH had closed up her womb.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 1:6, word by word
- And her rivalצָרָתָtsarata
rival wife
The other wife of the same husband.
Where else “tsarata” appears- would provoke herכִעֲסַתָּchiasata
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “chiasata” appears- bitterlyכַּעַסkaas
provocation
What makes someone angry, above all what enrages God.
Where else “kaas” appears- irritate herהַרְּעִמָharima
provoke
To provoke someone to anger, make her seethe.
Where else “harima” appears- 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- had closed upסָגַרsagar
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sagar” appears- her wombרַחְמָrachma
womb
The part of a mother's body where the child grows before birth.
Where else “rachma” appears
The context
5but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, though YHWH had closed her womb.
6 · This verse (above)
7And so he would do year by year; as often as she went up to the house of YHWH, so she would provoke her, and she would weep and not eat.