4. And when the day came for Elqanah to make an offering, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters,
5. but, although he loved Ḥannah, he gave only one portion to Ḥannah, because יהוה had shut up her womb.
6. Moreover, her rival also provoked her greatly, to make her irritable, because יהוה had shut up her womb.
7. And so he did, year by year. Whenever she went up to the House of יהוה, she was provoked, so that she wept and did not eat.
8. And her husband Elqanah said to her, “Ḥannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
9. And Ḥannah rose up after eating and drinking in Shiloh, while Ěli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the Hĕḵal of יהוה.
10. And she was bitter in life, and prayed to יהוה and wept greatly.
11. And she made a vow and said, “O יהוה of hosts, if You would indeed look on the affliction of your female servant and remember me, and not forget your female servant, but shall give your female servant a male child, then I shall give him to יהוה all the days of his life, and let no razor come upon his head.”
12. And it came to be, as she kept on praying before יהוה, that Ěli was watching her mouth.