1 Samuel 1:11
And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
BSB
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ASV
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
KJV
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
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29 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּדֹּ֨ר | va.ti.Dor | and she vowed | H5087 → |
| נֶ֜דֶר | Ne.der | a vow | H5088 → |
| וַתֹּאמַ֗ר | va.to.Mar | and she said | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֨ה | Yah.weh | O Yahweh | H3068 → |
| צְבָא֜וֹת | tze.va.'ot | of hosts | H6635 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | <if> | H518 → |
| רָאֹ֥ה | ra.'Oh | certainly [if] <to see> | H7200 → |
| תִרְאֶ֣ה׀ | tir.'Eh | you will look | H7200 → |
| בָּעֳנִ֣י | bo.'o.Ni | on [the] affliction of | H6040 → |
| אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ | 'a.ma.Te.kha | maidservant your | H519 → |
| וּזְכַרְתַּ֙נִי֙ | u.ze.khar.Ta.ni | and you will remember me | H2142 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| תִשְׁכַּ֣ח | tish.Kach | you will forget | H7911 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ | 'a.ma.Te.kha | maidservant your | H519 → |
| וְנָתַתָּ֥ה | ve.na.ta.Tah | and you will give | H5414 → |
| לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ | la.'a.ma.te.Kha | to maidservant of your | H519 → |
| זֶ֣רַע | Ze.ra' | spring of | H2233 → |
| אֲנָשִׁ֑ים | 'a.na.Shim | men | H582 → |
| וּנְתַתִּ֤יו | u.ne.ta.Tiv | and I will give him | H5414 → |
| לַֽיהוָה֙ | la.Yah.weh | to Yahweh | H3068 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| יְמֵ֣י | ye.Mei | [the] days of | H3117 → |
| חַיָּ֔יו | chai.Yav | life his | H2416 → |
| וּמוֹרָ֖ה | u.mo.Rah | and a razor | H4177 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יַעֲלֶ֥ה | ya.'a.Leh | it will go up | H5927 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ | ro.Sho | head his | H7218 → |
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