1 Samuel 1:13
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Berean Study Bible
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

Young's Literal Translation
and Hannah, she is speaking to her heart, only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckoneth her to be drunken.

King James Bible
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Hebrew
Hannah
וְחַנָּ֗ה (wə·ḥan·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2584: Hannah -- mother of Samuel

was praying
מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת (mə·ḏab·be·reṯ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

her heart,
לִבָּ֔הּ (lib·bāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

and though
רַ֚ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

her lips
שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ (śə·p̄ā·ṯe·hā)
Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

were moving,
נָּע֔וֹת (nā·‘ō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

her voice
וְקוֹלָ֖הּ (wə·qō·w·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

could not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be heard.
יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ (yiš·šā·mê·a‘)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

So Eli
עֵלִ֖י (‘ê·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5941: Eli -- a priest at Shiloh

thought
וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ (way·yaḥ·šə·ḇe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

she was drunk
לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃ (lə·šik·kō·rāh)
Preposition-l | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7910: Intoxicated, as a, state, a habit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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