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Indeed, YHWHכִּי יְהוָהattended toפָקַדHannah,אֶת חַנָּהand she conceivedוַתַּהַרand gave birthוַתֵּלֶדto threeשְׁלֹשָׁהsonsבָנִיםand twoוּשְׁתֵּיdaughters.בָנוֹתAnd the boyהַנַּעַרSamuelשְׁמוּאֵלgrew upוַיִּגְדַּלwithעִםYHWH.יְהוָה
1 Samuel 2:21
Study it in the app“Indeed, YHWH attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up with YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:21, word by word
- Indeed, 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- attended toפָקַדfakad
attend to
To attend to someone; God comes to help.
Where else “fakad” appears- Hannahחַנָּהchana
Hannah
Hannah, wife of Elkanah and mother of the prophet Samuel. The name means "favor".
Where else “chana” appears- and she conceivedתַּהַרtahar
conceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “tahar” appears- and gave birthתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- to threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- and twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears- And the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appears- grew upיִּגְדַּלyigdal
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdal” appears
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they were lying with the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.