What Does 1 Samuel 2:36 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“And it shall come to pass that every one that is left”

to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve

“in thine house”

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

“shall come”

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

“and crouch”

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

“to him for a piece”

properly, something gathered, i.e., perhaps a grain or berry; used only of a small (silver) coin

“of silver”

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

“and a morsel”

a circle, i.e., (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the ghor or valley of the jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or l

“of bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

“and shall say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Put”

properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

near, with or among; often in general, to

“me I pray thee into one”

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

“of the priests' offices”

priesthood

“that I may eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“a piece”

a bit

“of bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)