King James Version

1 Samuel 1:6

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּהvekhiasatahand be angryכַּעַסconjunction, verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be angry”, a completed actionH3707to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignantbe angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.צָֽרָתָהּ֙tsaratahtroubleצָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “trouble”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.גַּםgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.כַּ֔עַסkaasangerכַּעַסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH3708vexationanger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.בַּעֲב֖וּרbaavurin thatעָבוּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in that”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5668properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order thatbecause of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.הַרְּעִמָ֑הּharimahthunderרָעַםverb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “thunder”, the to-form of the verbH7481to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively, to irritate (with anger)make to fret, roar, thunder, trouble.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…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.יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בְּעַ֥דbeadat byבְּעַדpreposition — “at by”H1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.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)

And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Young’s Literal Translation

and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.

World English Bible

Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.

Darby Translation

And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Douay-Rheims

Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὅτι οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ Κύριος παιδίον κατὰ τὴν θλίψιν αὐτῆς, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀθυμίαν τῆς θλίψεως αὐτῆς· καὶ ἠθύμει διὰ τοῦτο, ὅτι συνέκλεισε Κύριος τὰ περὶ τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆς τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι αὐτῇ παιδίον.