1 Samuel 1:23
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And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
In other translations
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לָהּlahto <the> herאֶלְקָנָה'elkanahElkanahH511אִישָׁהּ'ishahhusband herH376עֲשִׂי'asidoH6213הַטּוֹבhatovthe goodH2896בְּעֵינַיִךְbe'einayikhin view yourH5869שְׁבִיsheviremainH3427עַד־'ad-untilH5704גָּמְלֵךְgamelekhwean youH1580אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853אַךְ'akhonlyH389יָקֵםyakemmay he carry outH6965יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853דְּבָרוֹdevaroword hisH1697וַתֵּשֶׁבvateshevand she remainedH3427הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802וַתֵּינֶקvateinekand she suckledH3243אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּנָהּbenahson herH1121עַד־'ad-untilH5704גָּמְלָהּgamelahhad weaned sheH1580אֹתוֹ׃'oto<obj.> himH853
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 2 Samuel 7:25And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
- Matthew 24:19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- Luke 11:27And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- Isaiah 44:26That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
- Psalm 22:9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
- Genesis 21:7-87 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.7 She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” 8 So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
- 1 Samuel 1:17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
- Numbers 30:7-117 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her. 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;7 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. 8 But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her. 9 Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her. 10 If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,
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People and places
People: Elkanah