What Does 1 Samuel 1:19 Mean?

“And they rose up”

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning

“in the morning”

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

“and worshipped”

to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“and returned”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“and came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to their house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“to Ramah”

ramah, the name of four places in palestine

“knew”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

“and Elkanah”

elkanah, the name of several israelites

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“Hannah”

channah, an israelitess

“his wife”

a woman

“remembered”

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god