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Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. (KJV)
Hebrew words tap a word
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 1
תִּתֵּן֙ti.Tenyou give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to give: make
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 9:12, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 42:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414I; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 3
אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔'a.Ma.te.khamaidservant your
Lemma: אָמָה (a.mah) · Strong's: H0519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: maidservant
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 30:3, Genesis 31:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0519; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 4
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei<to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face of
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 16:8, Genesis 24:12, Genesis 27:20, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:2, Genesis 31:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440L; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 5
בַּת\־bat-a daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 6
בְּלִיָּ֑עַלbe.li.Ya.'alworthlessness
Lemma: בְּלִיַּ֫עַל (be.liy.ya.al) · Strong's: H1100G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: Belial
Used 16 times. Also: Deuteronomy 13:13, Judges 19:22, Judges 20:13, 1 Samuel 2:12, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 25:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1100G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 7
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 8
מֵרֹ֥בme.Rofrom [the] greatness of
Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: abundance
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 9
שִׂיחִ֛יsi.Chicomplaint my
Lemma: שִׂיחַ (si.ach) · Strong's: H7879
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: complaint
Used 14 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:27, 2 Kings 9:11, Job 7:13, Job 9:27, Job 10:1, Job 21:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7879; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 10
וְכַעְסִ֖יve.kha'.Siand provocation my
Lemma: כַּ֫עַס (ka.as) · Strong's: H3708A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: vexation
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:19, Deuteronomy 32:27, 1 Samuel 1:6, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 21:22, 2 Kings 23:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3708A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 11
דִּבַּ֥רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spoken
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 12
עַד\־'ad-until
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 13
הֵֽנָּה\׃He.nahnow
Lemma: הֵ֫נָּה (hen.nah) · Strong's: H2008
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: here/thus
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 42:15, Genesis 44:28, Genesis 45:5, Genesis 45:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2008; TAHOT 1 Samuel 1:16 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| take | → | נָתַן H5414I to give: make |
| your servant | → | אָמָה H0519 maidservant |
| for a wicked | → | בְּלִיַּ֫עַל H1100G Belial |
| . . . | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| woman | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| for all this time | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | הֵ֫נָּה H2008 here/thus |
| I have been praying | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| out of the depth | → | רֹב H7230 abundance |
| of my anguish | → | שִׂיחַ H7879 complaint |
| and grief | → | כַּ֫עַס H3708A vexation |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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