1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:5–6

⁵The well-fed hire themselves out for food,

but the starving hunger no more.

The barren woman gives birth to seven,

but she who has many sons pines away.

⁶The LORD brings death and gives life;

He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The well-fed	שְׂבֵעִ֤ים	śə·ḇê·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7649 sated, satisfied, surfeited
hire themselves out	נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ	niś·kā·rū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7936 hire
for food	בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙	bal·le·ḥem	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
but the starving	וּרְעֵבִ֖ים	ū·rə·‘ê·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural	H7457 hungry
hunger no more	חָדֵ֑לּוּ	ḥā·ḏêl·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2308 cease
The barren woman	עֲקָרָה֙	‘ă·qā·rāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H6135 barren
gives birth to	יָלְדָ֣ה	yā·lə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
seven	שִׁבְעָ֔ה	šiḇ·‘āh	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
but she who has many	וְרַבַּ֥ת	wə·rab·baṯ	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singular construct	H7227 much, many, great
sons	בָּנִ֖ים	bā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
pines away	אֻמְלָֽלָה׃	’um·lā·lāh	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H535 be weak, languish

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
brings death	מֵמִ֣ית	mê·mîṯ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
and gives life	וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה	ū·mə·ḥay·yeh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H2421 live
He brings	מוֹרִ֥יד	mō·w·rîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
down to Sheol	שְׁא֖וֹל	šə·’ō·wl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
and raises up	וַיָּֽעַל׃	way·yā·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Samuel 2:5 Psalm 113:9 · Luke 1:53 · Jeremiah 15:9 · Psalm 34:10 · Isaiah 54:1 · Luke 16:25 · 1 Samuel 1:6 · 1 Samuel 1:20 · Galatians 4:27

1 Samuel 2:6 Deuteronomy 32:39 · Isaiah 26:19 · Jonah 2:2–6 · Job 5:18 · Revelation 1:18 · 2 Kings 5:7 · John 5:25–29 · John 11:25 · Hosea 6:1–2 · 2 Corinthians 1:9–10 · Matthew 12:40 · Psalm 116:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.