1 Samuel

1 Samuel 1:16

¹⁶Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
take	תִּתֵּן֙	tit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
your servant	אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔	’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H519 maid, handmaid
for a wicked	בְּלִיָּ֑עַל	bə·lî·yā·‘al	Noun - masculine singular	H1100 worthlessness
woman	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
for all this time	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
I have been praying	דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי	dib·bar·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H1696 speak
out of the depth	מֵרֹ֥ב	mê·rōḇ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness
of my anguish	שִׂיחִ֛י	śî·ḥî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7879 complaint, musing
and grief	וְכַעְסִ֖י	wə·ḵa‘·sî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3708 vexation, anger

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.