KJV King James Version
And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 1:7
And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
WEB World English Bible
As he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
ASV American Standard Version
And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 1
4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
7 And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten sons?
9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
10 And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
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וְכֵ֨ןH3651 · kenrightיַעֲשֶׂ֜הH6213 · a.sahto make: doשָׁנָ֣הH8141 · sha.nehyearבְשָׁנָ֗הH8141 · sha.nehyearמִדֵּ֤יH1767 · daysufficiencyעֲלֹתָהּ֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseבְּבֵ֣יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDכֵּ֖ןH3651 · kenrightתַּכְעִסֶ֑נָּהH3707 · ka.asto provokeוַתִּבְכֶּ֖הH1058 · ba.khahto weepוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתֹאכַֽל׃H398 · a.khalto eat
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