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1 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 8
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?1 Samuel 1:8 · King James Version
1 Samuel 1:8 in context
6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
7And 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.
8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ElkanahʼElqânâhElkanah, the name of several IsraelitesH511 →
- husbandʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- weepestbâkâhto weepH1058 →
- grievedyâraʻproperly, to be broken upH3415 →
- HannahChannâhChannah, an IsraelitessH2584 →
- eatestʼâkalto eatH398 →
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We have here an account of the state of the family into which Samuel the prophet was born. His father's name was Elkanah, a Levite, and of the family of the Kohathites (the most honourable house of that tribe) as appears, Ch1 6:33, Ch1 6:34.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8