And Eliוּ עֵלִיwould blessבֵרַךְElkanahאֶת אֶלְקָנָהand his wifeוְאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹand say,וְאָמַר“May YHWHיְהוָהgiveיָשֵׂםyouלְךָoffspringזֶרַעfromמִןthisהַזֹּאתwomanהָאִשָּׁהin place ofתַּחַתthe petitionהַשְּׁאֵלָהthatאֲשֶׁרwas askedשָׁאַלfor YHWH.”לַיהוָהThen they would goוְהָלְכוּto his home.לִמְקֹמוֹ
1 Samuel 2:20
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:20, word by word
- And Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- would blessבֵרַךְverach
greet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “verach” appears- 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- and his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- and sayאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “May 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- giveיָשֵׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- the petitionשְּׁאֵלָהsheela
request
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheela” appears- was askedשָׁאַלshaal
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaal” appears- Then they would goהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- to his homeמְקֹמmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears
The context
19And 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.
20 · This verse (above)
21Indeed, YHWH attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up with YHWH.