1 Samuel 1:7

Elkanah and His Wives · 1 Samuel 1:1–8
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Translations

Modern
And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And it was year by year, when she went up to the house of YHWH, that she provoked her. And she wept and did not eat.
Latin
…sicque faciebat per singulos annos: cum redeunte tempore ascenderent ad templum Domini, et sic provocabat eam: porro illa flebat, et non capiebat cibum.

Original

Hebrew
English
And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.

Notes

the house of the LORD: This is another name for the tabernacle. It is also known as “the temple of the LORD” in 1 Samuel 1:9. These names show that the tabernacle, a portable building, was the main sanctuary in Shiloh.

Theme notes and profiles

Infertility The Priestly Blessing

Parallels

Psalm 113:1–9

Glossary

Eli Hannah Joshua, Book of Phinehas Rathamin Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Shiloh

Topics

Barrenness: A Reproach Barrenness: Miraculously Removed: Hannah Children: Not to Have: A Reproach in Israel Church: House of the Lord Cruelty: Peninnah to Hannah Family: Infelicity in Elkanah, on Account of Bigamic Feuds Hannah: Her Trials and Prayer, and Promise Polygamy: Domestic Unhappiness in Elkanah's Family Samuel: Miraculous Birth of Satire: Hannah's Song of Exultation Over Peninnah Tabernacle: Called The: House of the Lord Tantalizing: General Scriptures Concerning Women: Peninnah, the Wife of Elkanah, in Her Jealous Taunting of Hannah