Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created"

1. Samuel's father

2. a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz

3. one of David's mighty warriors

4. son of Korah

5. several Levites

to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

woman, wife, female

1. woman (opposite of man)

2. wife (woman married to a man)

3. female (of animals)

4. each, every (pronoun)

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

to bless, kneel

1. (Qal)

   1. to kneel

   2. to bless

2. (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself

3. (Piel) to bless

4. (Pual) to be blessed, be adored

5. (Hiphil) to cause to kneel

6. (Hithpael) to bless oneself

(TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

to go, walk, come

1. (Qal)

   1. to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away

   2. to die, live, manner of life (fig.)

2. (Piel)

   1. to walk

   2. to walk (fig.)

3. (Hithpael)

   1. to traverse

   2. to walk about

4. (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, such

1. (alone)

   1. this one

   2. this...that, the one...the other, another

2. (appos to subst)

   1. this

3. (as predicate)

   1. this, such

4. (enclitically)

   1. then

   2. who, whom

   3. how now, what now

   4. what now

   5. wherefore now

   6. behold here

   7. just now

   8. now, now already

5. (poetry)

   1. wherein, which, those who

6. (with prefixes)

   1. in this (place) here, then

   2. on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter

   3. thus and thus

   4. as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus

   5. from here, hence, on one side...on the other side

   6. on this account

   7. in spite of this, which, whence, how

seed, sowing, offspring

1. a sowing

2. seed

3. semen virile

4. offspring, descendants, posterity, children

5. of moral quality

   1. a practitioner of righteousness (fig.)

6. sowing time (by meton)

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than

1. from (expressing separation), off, on the side of

2. out of

   1. (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)

   2. (of material from which something is made)

   3. (of source or origin)

3. out of, some of, from (partitively)

4. from, since, after (of time)

5. than, more than (in comparison)

6. from...even to, both...and, either...or

7. than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)

8. from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)

   conjunction

that

standing place, place

1. standing place, station, post, office

2. place, place of human abode

3. city, land, region

4. place, locality, spot

5. space, room, distance

6. region, quarter, direction

7. give place to, instead of

Eli = "ascension"

1. descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child

to ask, enquire, borrow, beg

1. (Qal)

   1. to ask, ask for

   2. to ask (as a favour), borrow

   3. to enquire, enquire of

   4. to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)

   5. to seek

2. (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence

3. (Piel)

   1. to enquire, enquire carefully

   2. to beg, practise beggary

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to be given on request

   2. to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to

request, thing asked for, demand

1. request, petition

2. thing asked for

to put, place, set, appoint, make

1. (Qal)

   1. to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on

   2. to set, direct, direct toward

      1. to extend (compassion) (fig)

   3. to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix

   4. to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix

   5. to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give

2. (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign

3. (Hophal) to be set

the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas

1. the under part

   accusative adverb

2. beneath

   preposition

3. under, beneath

   1. at the foot of (idiom)

   2. sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)

   3. of subjection or conquest

4. what is under one, the place in which one stands

   1. in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)

   2. in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)

   3. in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)

      conjunction

5. instead of, instead of that

6. in return for that, because that

   in compounds

7. in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)

8. from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath