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1 Samuel 1:20

So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

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ASV

and it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

KJV

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
לִתְקֻפ֣וֹתlit.ku.Fotto [the] circuit ofH8622 →
הַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →
וַתַּ֥הַרva.Ta.harand she conceivedH2029 →
חַנָּ֖הcha.NahHannahH2584 →
וַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205 →
בֵּ֑ןBena sonH1121 →
וַתִּקְרָ֤אva.tik.Ra'and she calledH7121 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁמוֹ֙she.Moname hisH8034 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
מֵיְהוָ֖הme.Yah.wehfrom YahwehH3068 →
שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃she.'il.TivI asked for himH7592 →

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Genesis 41:51–52Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”Hebrews 11:32And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,Exodus 2:10When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”Judges 13:3The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”Exodus 2:22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.Genesis 3:20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.Genesis 30:17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.Genesis 16:11The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.Genesis 29:32–35And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”Genesis 30:6–21Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.Genesis 48:9Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”1 Chronicles 6:33These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites:Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

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