And Hannah prayed:My heart exults in GOD;I have triumphedaI have triumphed Lit. “My horn is high.” through GOD.I gloatbI gloat Lit. “My mouth is wide.” over my enemies;I rejoice in Your deliverance.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותתפלל
946
חנה
63
ותאמר
647
עלץ
190
לבי
42
ביהוה
28
רמה
245
קרני
360
ביהוה
28
רחב
210
פי
90
עלאויבי
129
כי
30
שמחתי
758
בישועתך
808
I Samuel 2:2
Gematria: 1545
איןקדושכיהוהכיאיןבלתךואיןצורכאלהינו
There is no holy one like GOD,Truly, there is none beside You;There is no rock like our God.
Raising the poor from the dust,Lifting up the needy from the dunghill,To set them with nobles,Granting them seats of honor.For the pillars of the earth belong to GOD,Who has set the world upon them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
מקים
190
מעפר
390
דל
34
מאשפת
821
ירים
260
אביון
69
להושיב
353
עםנדיבים
226
וכסא
87
כבוד
32
ינחלם
138
כי
30
ליהוה
56
מצקי
240
ארץ
291
וישת
716
עליהם
155
תבל
432
I Samuel 2:9
Gematria: 2514
רגליחסידוישמרורשעיםבחשךידמוכילאבכחיגבראיש
[God] guards the steps of the faithful,But the wicked perish in darkness—For none shall prevail by strength.
GOD’s foes shall be shattered—Thundered against from the heavens. GOD will judge the ends of the earth—Giving power to the king,And triumph tocAnd triumph to Lit. “And will raise the horn of.” the anointed one.
This is how the priests used to deal with the people: Whenever anyone brought a sacrifice, the priest’s boy would come along with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling,
and he would thrust it into cauldron, or the kettle, or the great pot, or the small cooking-pot;fcauldron … or … cooking-pot These vessels have not been distinguished precisely. and whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take away on it.gon it Targum and Septuagint add “for himself.” This was the practice at Shiloh with all the Israelites who came there.
[But now] even before the suet was turned into smoke, the priest’s boy would come and say to the party that was sacrificing, “Hand over some meat to roast for the priest; for he won’t accept boiled meat from you, only raw.”
And if the response to this was, “Let them first turn the suet into smoke, and then take as much as you want,” he would reply, “No, hand it over at once or I’ll take it by force.”
His mother would also make a little robe for him and bring it up to him every year, when she made the pilgrimage with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May GOD granthgrant 4QSamᵃ and Septuagint read “repay.” you offspring by this woman in place of the loan she made to GOD.” Then they would return home.
ForiFor 4QSamᵃ reads “And.” GOD took note of Hannah; she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Young Samuel meanwhile grew up in the service of GOD.
Now Eli was very old. When he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who performed tasksjperformed tasks Meaning of Heb. uncertain. at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
If someone sins against another person, God may grant a pardon;kpardon Meaning of Heb. uncertain. but if someone offends against GOD, who can obtain a pardon?”lobtain a pardon Meaning of Heb. uncertain. But they ignored their father’s plea; for GOD was resolved that they should die.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אםיחטא
69
איש
311
לאיש
341
ופללו
152
אלהים
86
ואם
47
ליהוה
56
יחטאאיש
339
מי
50
יתפלללו
586
ולא
37
ישמעו
426
לקול
166
אביהם
58
כיחפץ
208
יהוה
26
להמיתם
525
I Samuel 2:26
Gematria: 1648
והנערשמואלהלךוגדלוטובגםעםיהוהוגםעםאנשיםפ
Young Samuel, meanwhile, grew in esteem and favor both with God and with other people.
An agent of God came to Eli, and he said to him, “Thus said GOD: Lo, I revealed Myself to your father’s house in Egypt when they were subject to the House of Pharaoh,
and I chose them from among all the tribes of Israel to be My priests—to ascend My altar, to burn incense, [and] to carry an ephodmephod Here a device for obtaining oracles (cf. 14.3; 23.6, 9–12), not a garment as in v. 18 above. before Me—and I assigned to your father’s house all offerings by fire of the Israelites.
Why, then, do you maliciously trample upon the sacrifices and offerings that I have commanded?nmaliciously trample … commanded Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “gaze [cf. Septuagint] grudgingly upon the sacrifices and offerings that I have commanded” (connecting maʻon with ʻoyen, “keeping a jealous eye”; see 1 Sam. 18.9); cf. v. 32 and note there. You have honored your sons more than Me, feeding on the first portions of every offering of My people Israel.oSee vv. 15–16.
Assuredly—declares the ETERNAL, the God of Israel—I intended for you and your father’s house to remain in My service forever. But now—declares GOD—far be it from Me! For I honor those who honor Me, but those who spurn Me shall be dishonored.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לכן
100
נאםיהוה
117
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
אמור
247
אמרתי
651
ביתך
432
ובית
418
אביך
33
יתהלכו
471
לפני
170
עדעולם
220
ועתה
481
נאםיהוה
117
חלילה
83
לי
40
כימכבדי
106
אכבד
27
ובזי
25
יקלו
146
I Samuel 2:31
Gematria: 3585
הנהימיםבאיםוגדעתיאתזרעךואתזרעביתאביךמהיותזקןבביתך
A time is coming when I will break your power and that of your father’s house, and there shall be no elder in your house.
You will gaze grudginglypgrudgingly Cf. first note at v. 29. at all the bounty that will be bestowed on Israel, but there shall never be an elder in your house.
qMeaning of verse uncertain. I shall not cut off all your offspring from My altar; [but,] to make your eyes pine and your spirit languish, all the increase in your house shall die as [ordinary] men.ras [ordinary] men Or “en masse,” while allowing one survivor; cf. 22.18–20.
And I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest, who will act in accordance with My wishes and My purposes. I will build for him an enduring house, and he shall walk before My anointed evermore.
And all the survivors of your house shall come and bow low to him for the sake of a money fee and a loaf of bread, and shall say, ‘Please, assign me to one of the priestly duties, that I may have a morsel of bread to eat.’”