1 Samuel
1 Samuel 1:26
26“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | בִּ֣י | bî | Preposition; first person common singular | H994 I pray, excuse me |
| my lord | אֲדֹנִ֔י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| said | וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wat·tō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| as surely as you | נַפְשְׁךָ֖ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| live | חֵ֥י | ḥê | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2416 alive, living |
| my lord | אֲדֹנִ֑י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| I | אֲנִ֣י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am the woman | הָאִשָּׁ֗ה | hā·’iš·šāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| who stood | הַנִּצֶּ֤בֶת | han·niṣ·ṣe·ḇeṯ | Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular | H5324 take one's stand, stand |
| here | בָּזֶ֔ה | bā·zeh | Preposition-b; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| beside | עִמְּכָה֙ | ‘im·mə·ḵāh | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5973 with |
| you praying | לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל | lə·hiṯ·pal·lêl | Preposition-l; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | H6419 intervene, interpose |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.