KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what 1 Samuel 1:8 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Then said” | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | Then said |
| “Elkanah” | אֶלְקָנָ֣ה | Elkanah, the name of several Israelites | Elkanah |
| “her husband” | אִישָׁ֗הּ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | husband |
| “to her, Hannah,” | חַנָּה֙ | Channah, an Israelitess | Hannah |
| “why” | לָ֣מֶה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | why |
| “weepest” | תִבְכִּ֗י | To weep; generally to bemoan | weepest |
| “thou? and why” | וְלָ֙מֶה֙ | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | why |
| “eatest” | תֹֽאכְלִ֔י | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eatest |
| “thou not?” | לֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “and why” | וְלָ֖מֶה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | why |
| “is thy heart” | לְבָבֵ֑ךְ | The heart (as the most interior organ) | heart |
| “grieved?” | יֵרַ֣ע | Properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e., (figuratively) to fear | grieved |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “not” | הֲל֤וֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “I” | אָֽנֹכִי֙ | I | I |
| “better” | ט֣וֹב | Good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well) | better |
| “to thee than ten” | מֵֽעֲשָׂרָ֖ה | Ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) | than ten |
| “sons?” | בָּנִֽים׃ | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
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6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
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