The Meaning of 1 Samuel 1:6 Explained

1 Samuel 1:6

KJV: And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

YLT: and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.

Darby: And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

ASV: And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And her adversary  also provoked  her sore,  for to make her fret,  because the LORD  had shut  up  her womb. 

What does 1 Samuel 1:6 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 1:1-11 - Hannah's Prayer And Vow
Elkanah was evidently a kind husband to Hannah; but marriage had suffered from the general relaxation of morals, and the bitter effects of polygamy are illustrated here. Because Hannah was specially loved, Peninnah hated her.
The grief of the childless wife drove Hannah to God. There she found her only resource. When the heart is nigh to breaking, what else can we do than pour out our complaint before the One who is ever ready to hear our cry? We may trust God with our secrets; He will keep sacred our confidence. Elkanah's love may go a long way, but we have for the most part to tread the wine-press alone. After we have eaten and drunk before our friends, "anointing our head and washing our face," that they may not guess what is happening within, we must have a spot where we can unbend and open the sluice-gates of grief. And what place is so good as the Mercy-Seat? We need not vow our vows to bribe God to help us. The gifts of His love are more blessed for Him to give than for us to receive. But out of love we can vow what we will. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 1

1  Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh
4  He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah
9  Hannah in grief prays for a child
12  Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her
19  Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned
24  She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 1:6 mean?

And provoked her her rival also severely to make her miserable because had closed Yahweh had shut up her her womb
וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם־ כַּ֔עַס בַּעֲב֖וּר הַרְּעִמָ֑הּ כִּֽי־ סָגַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד רַחְמָֽהּ

וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה  And  provoked  her 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּעַס  
Sense: to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath.
צָֽרָתָהּ֙  her  rival 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: צָרָה 
Sense: straits, distress, trouble.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
כַּ֔עַס  severely 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּעַס 
Sense: anger, vexation, provocation, grief.
הַרְּעִמָ֑הּ  make  her  miserable 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: רָעַם 
Sense: to thunder.
כִּֽי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
סָגַ֥ר  had  closed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָגוּר 
Sense: to shut, close.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בְּעַ֥ד  had  shut  up  her 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּעַד 
Sense: behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about.
רַחְמָֽהּ  her  womb 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: רֶחֶם  
Sense: womb.

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