1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 1:1:1 ⧉וַיְהִי֩vayehiand it was 1 Samuel 1:1:2 ⧉אִ֨ישׁisha man 1 Samuel 1:1:3 ⧉אֶחָ֜דekhadone 1 Samuel 1:1:4 ⧉מִן־הָרָמָתַ֛יִםminharamatayimfrom Ramathaim 1 Samuel 1:1:5 ⧉צוֹפִ֖יםtsofimZophim 1 Samuel 1:1:6 ⧉מֵהַ֣רmeharfrom the hill-country of 1 Samuel 1:1:7 ⧉אֶפְרָ֑יִםefrayimEphraim 1 Samuel 1:1:8 ⧉וּשְׁמ֡וֹushemoand his name 1 Samuel 1:1:9 ⧉אֶ֠לְקָנָהelkanaElkanah 1 Samuel 1:1:10 ⧉בֶּן־יְרֹחָ֧םbenyerokhamson of Jeroham 1 Samuel 1:1:11 ⧉בֶּן־אֱלִיה֛וּאbenelihuson of Elihu 1 Samuel 1:1:12 ⧉בֶּן־תֹּ֥חוּbentokhuson of Tohu 1 Samuel 1:1:13 ⧉בֶן־צ֖וּףventsufson of Zuph 1 Samuel 1:1:14 ⧉אֶפְרָתִֽי׃efratian Ephrathite |
1. Formal Translation And there was a certain man from Ramathaim, of the Zuphites of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. |
1. Dynamic Translation There was a man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, in a line of descent from Elihu, Tohu, and Zuph—an Ephrathite. |