King James Version

1 Samuel 1:5

But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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וּלְחַנָּ֕הulechanahand to Hannahחַנָּהconjunction, preposition, noun, proper name — “and to Hannah”H2584Channah, an IsraelitessHannah.יִתֵּ֛ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…מָנָ֥הmanahsuch things as belongedמָנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “such things as belonged”, the ordinary formH4490properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lotsuch things as belonged, part, portion.אַחַ֖תachatfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,אַפָּ֑יִםapayimfaceאַףnoun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “face”, the ordinary formH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.כִּ֤יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חַנָּה֙chanahHannahחַנָּהnoun, proper name — “Hannah”H2584Channah, an IsraelitessHannah.אָהֵ֔בahevloveאָהַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “love”, a completed actionH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.וַֽיהוָ֖הvayhvahand Jehovahיְהֹוָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).סָגַ֥רsagarshutסָגַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shut”, a completed actionH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.רַחְמָֽהּrachmahwombרֶחֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “womb”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7358the wombmatrix, womb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Young’s Literal Translation

and to Hannah he giveth a certain portion — double, for he hath loved Hannah, and Jehovah hath shut her womb;

World English Bible

but he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.

Darby Translation

but to Hannah he used to give a double portion, for he loved Hannah; but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Douay-Rheims

But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And to Anna he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τῇ Ἄννᾳ ἔδωκε μερίδα μίαν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν αὐτῇ παιδίον, πλὴν ὅτι τὴν Ἄνναν ἠγάπα Ἑλκανὰ ὑπὲρ ταύτην· καὶ Κύριος ἀπέκλεισε τὰ περὶ τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆς,