1 Samuel 1:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“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?”

Young's Literal Translation
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?’

King James Bible
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?

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

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

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

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

Elkanah
אֶלְקָנָ֣ה (’el·qā·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 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 559: To utter, say

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

better
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 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 6235: Ten

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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