King James Version
1 Samuel 1:13 in the King James Version says “Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.”
1 Samuel 1:13 · 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. a man: Heb. seed of men
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. continued: Heb. multiplied to pray
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. of a sorrowful: Heb. hard of spirit
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“she spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in her heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
“only her lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“moved”
H5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“was not heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“thought”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
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