1 Samuel 2:5
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
עָקָר
ʻâqâr
sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
כָּשַׁל
kâshal
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּשַׁל kâshal
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Study H3782 →שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →Cross References
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword...
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wi...
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
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