1 Samuel 1:19-20

1 Samuel 1:19-20

[19] in the morning  early,  and worshipped  before  the LORD,  and returned,  and came  to their house  to Ramah:  and Elkanah  knew  Hannah  his wife;  and the LORD  remembered  [20] 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. 

What does 1 Samuel 1:19-20 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Hannah"s godly character surfaces again in the naming of Samuel. His name probably means "heard of God" or "God hears." Another possibility is "the name of God." Hannah, whose name means "grace" or "graciousness," recognized that Samuel"s birth was not just a coincidence. It was an answer to prayer and a supernatural gift from God.
"Yahweh is the key actor in the narrative. Hannah could speak complaint and petition only because she submitted to Yahweh. Eli could give assurance to her only because he spoke on behalf of Yahweh. The son is born only because Yahweh remembered. Everything depends on asking Yahweh and being answered by Yahweh. Thus scene3 [1] resolves scene1 [2], but only by way of the decisive intrusion of Yahweh through scene2 [3]." [4]