And his motherאִמּוֹwould makeתַּעֲשֶׂהfor himלּוֹa littleקָטֹןrobeוּמְעִילand bring it upוְהַעַלְתָהto himלוֹyear by yearמִיָּמִים יָמִימָהwhen she came upבַּעֲלוֹתָהּwithאֶתher husbandאִישָׁהּto sacrificeלִזְבֹּחַthe yearlyהַיָּמִיםsacrifice.אֶת זֶבַח
1 Samuel 2:19
Study it in the app“And his mother would make for him a little robe and bring it up to him year by year when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:19, word by word
- And his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- would makeתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appears- a littleקָטֹןkaton
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appears- robeמְעִילmeil
robe
Robe: a long garment without sleeves worn over the tunic.
Where else “meil” appears- and bring it upהַעַלְתָהhaalta
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haalta” appears- year by yearיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- to sacrificeזְבֹּחַzeboach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zeboach” appears- sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears
The context
18But Samuel was ministering before YHWH, a boy girded with a linen ephod.
19 · This verse (above)
20And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May YHWH give you offspring from this woman in place of the petition that was asked for YHWH.” Then they would go to his home.