Study it in the app“And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?””
And Elkanahוַ אֶלְקָנָהher husbandאִישָׁהּsaidיֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“Hannah,חַנָּהwhyלָמֶהdo you weep?תִבְכִּיAnd whyוְלָמֶהdo you notלֹאeat?תֹאכְלִיAnd whyוְלָמֶהis your heartלְבָבֵךְsad?יֵרַעAmהֲIאָנֹכִיnotלוֹאbetterטוֹבto youלָךְthan tenמֵעֲשָׂרָהsons?”בָּנִים
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” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsHannah
Hannah, wife of Elkanah and mother of the prophet Samuel. The name means "favor".
Where else “chana” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tivki” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochli” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levave” appearsgo ill
Turn out badly; be saddened; cause damage.
Where else “yera” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears7And 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And Hannah rose after eating in Shiloh and after drinking. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of YHWH.
