1 Samuel 1:10
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מְאֹד
mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or ...
Key Terms in This Verse
מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →מְאֹד mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Study H3966 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
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