1 Samuel 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְחַנָּ֕ה	u.le.cha.Nah	and to Hannah	H2584 →
יִתֵּ֛ן	yi.Ten	he gave	H5414 →
מָנָ֥ה	ma.Nah	a portion	H4490 →
אַחַ֖ת	'a.Chat	one	H259 →
אַפָּ֑יִם	'a.Pa.yim	double	H639 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חַנָּה֙	cha.Nah	Hannah	H2584 →
אָהֵ֔ב	'a.Hev	he loved	H157 →
וַֽיהוָ֖ה	va.Yah.weh	and Yahweh	H3068 →
סָגַ֥ר	sa.Gar	he had closed	H5462 →
רַחְמָֽהּ׃	rach.Mah	womb her	H7358 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 30:2
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
leads to
- Genesis 16:2
  So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 127:3
  Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- 2 Kings 5:7
  When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see…
Through
Genesis 16:1
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
leads to
- Galatians 4:24
  These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
- Genesis 12:16
  He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- Genesis 15:2–3
  But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- Genesis 21:9–10
  But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
Through
Genesis 20:18
for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
leads to
- Genesis 12:17
  The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.Genesis 29:30–31Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.Genesis 45:22He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.Genesis 20:18for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.1 Samuel 9:23And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”Job 3:10For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.Genesis 43:34When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

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