1 Samuel 1:8
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Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children?

why weepest

2 Samuel 12:16,17 And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground. . . .

2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord weep? And he said: Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their strong cities thou wilt burn with fire, and their young men thou wilt kill with the sword, and thou wilt dash their children, and rip up their pregnant women.

Job 6:14 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.

John 20:13,15 They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because they have taken away my Lord: and I know not where they have laid him. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men.

am not

Ruth 4:15 And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.

Psalm 43:4 And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.

Isaiah 54:1,6 Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord. . . .

Context
Elkanah and His Wives
7And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went up to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept, and did not eat. 8Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children?
Cross References
Ruth 4:15
And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.

1 Samuel 1:7
And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went up to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept, and did not eat.

Lexicon
“Hannah,
חַנָּה֙ (ḥan·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2584: Hannah -- mother of Samuel

why
לָ֣מֶה (lā·meh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are you crying?”
תִבְכִּ֗י (ṯiḇ·kî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan

her husband
אִישָׁ֗הּ (’î·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

Elkanah
אֶלְקָנָ֣ה (’el·qā·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 511: Elkanah -- 'God has created', the name of several Israelites

asked.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Why
וְלָ֙מֶה֙ (wə·lā·meh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

won't you
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

eat?
תֹֽאכְלִ֔י (ṯō·ḵə·lî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

Why
וְלָ֖מֶה (wə·lā·meh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is your heart
לְבָבֵ֑ךְ (lə·ḇā·ḇêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

so grieved?
יֵרַ֣ע (yê·ra‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3415: To be broken up, to fear

Am I
אָֽנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

not
הֲל֤וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

better
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

to you
לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

than ten
מֵעֲשָׂרָ֖ה (mê·‘ă·śā·rāh)
Preposition-m | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

sons?”
בָּנִֽים׃ (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won't you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why eat you not? and why is your heart grieved? am not I better to you than ten sons?

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here am I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? am I not better to thee than ten children?

And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why don't you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

And Elkanah her husband saith to her, 'Hannah, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why is thy heart afflicted? am I not better to thee than ten sons?'
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