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1 Samuel 1:8

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

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ASV

And Elkanah her husband said unto 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?

KJV

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?

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לָ֜הּlahto <the> her
אֶלְקָנָ֣ה'el.ka.NahElkanahH511 →
אִישָׁ֗הּ'i.Shahhusband herH376 →
חַנָּה֙cha.NahO HannahH2584 →
לָ֣מֶהLa.meh<to> why?H4100 →
תִבְכִּ֗יtiv.Kido you weepH1058 →
וְלָ֙מֶה֙ve.La.mehand <to> why?H4100 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תֹֽאכְלִ֔יtokh.Liare you eatingH398 →
וְלָ֖מֶהve.La.mehand <to> why?H4100 →
יֵרַ֣עye.Ra'is sadH3415 →
לְבָבֵ֑ךְle.va.Vekhheart yourH3824 →
הֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
אָֽנֹכִי֙'a.no.Khi[am] IH595 →
ט֣וֹבTovgoodH2896 →
לָ֔ךְLakhto <the> you
מֵעֲשָׂרָ֖הme.'a.sa.Rahmore than tenH6235 →
בָּנִֽים׃ba.NimsonsH1121 →

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Ruth 4:15He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”2 Kings 4:14So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”Isaiah 56:5I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.Isaiah 54:6For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.John 20:15“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”John 20:13“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.1 Thessalonians 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.Genesis 40:7So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”2 Samuel 12:16–17David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.2 Kings 8:12“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.2 Kings 6:28Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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