1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:20

²⁰And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.^c” Then they would go home.

Footnotes

c 2:20 DSS; MT in place of the one requested from the LORD

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Eli	עֵלִ֜י	‘ê·lî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5941 Eli
would bless	וּבֵרַ֨ךְ	ū·ḇê·raḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
Elkanah	אֶלְקָנָ֣ה	’el·qā·nāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H511 Elkanah
and his wife	אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ	’iš·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
saying	וְאָמַר֙	wə·’ā·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
May the LORD	יְהוָ֨ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
give	יָשֵׂם֩	yā·śêm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
you	לְךָ֥	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
children	זֶ֙רַע֙	ze·ra‘	Noun - masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
by	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
this	הַזֹּ֔את	haz·zōṯ	Article; Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
woman	הָאִשָּׁ֣ה	hā·’iš·šāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
in place of	תַּ֚חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
the one	הַשְּׁאֵלָ֔ה	haš·šə·’ê·lāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7596 request, thing asked for
she dedicated to	שָׁאַ֖ל	šā·’al	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Then they would go	וְהָלְכ֖וּ	wə·hā·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1980 go, come, walk
home	לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃	lim·qō·mōw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition

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