3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 1:3:1 ⧉וְעָלָה֩vealaand he would go up 1 Samuel 1:3:2 ⧉הָאִ֨ישׁhaishthe man 1 Samuel 1:3:3 ⧉הַה֤וּאhahuthat 1 Samuel 1:3:4 ⧉מֵֽעִירוֹ֙meirofrom his city 1 Samuel 1:3:5 ⧉מִיָּמִ֣יםmiyamimfrom days 1 Samuel 1:3:6 ⧉יָמִ֔ימָהyamimayear by year 1 Samuel 1:3:7 ⧉לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֧תlehishtakhavotto bow down 1 Samuel 1:3:8 ⧉וְלִזְבֹּ֛חַvelizboakhand to sacrifice 1 Samuel 1:3:9 ⧉לַיהוָ֥הlayahwehto the LORD 1 Samuel 1:3:10 ⧉צְבָא֖וֹתtsevaotof hosts 1 Samuel 1:3:11 ⧉בְּשִׁלֹ֑הbeshiloin Shiloh 1 Samuel 1:3:12 ⧉וְשָׁ֞םveshamand there 1 Samuel 1:3:13 ⧉שְׁנֵ֣יsheneitwo 1 Samuel 1:3:14 ⧉בְנֵֽי־עֵלִ֗יveneielisons of Eli 1 Samuel 1:3:15 ⧉חָפְנִי֙khofniHophni 1 Samuel 1:3:16 ⧉וּפִ֣נְחָ֔סufinkhasand Phinehas 1 Samuel 1:3:17 ⧉כֹּהֲנִ֖יםkohanimpriests 1 Samuel 1:3:18 ⧉לַיהוָֽה׃layahwehto the LORD |
3. Formal Translation And that man went up from his city year after year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD {Yahweh Tsvaot, Commander of Heavenly Armies} at Shiloh, and there the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD. |
3. Dynamic Translation Year after year the man ascended from his town to worship and offer sacrifices to the LORD {Yahweh Tsvaot, Sovereign of Heavenly Hosts} at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, served as priests to the LORD. |