Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 1:13

13 Yuánlái hā ná xīn zhōng mò dǎo , zhǐ dòng zuǐchún , bù chū shēngyīn , yīncǐ Yǐlì yǐwéi tā hē zuì le .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 1:13

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart
It was mental prayer she used, some ejaculations of her mind she sent up to God, which she was sensible were well known to him, and she needed not to express vocally:

only her lips moved;
as her heart spoke, and sent up her petitions, as if she had used words and phrases in form:

but her voice was not heard:
that she might not seem to be ostentatious in her prayer, and that she might not interrupt others in their devotions; and she knew that her voice was not necessary with respect to God:

therefore Eli thought she had been drunken;
by the motions she made, and gestures she used, as if she was muttering something to herself, and by her long continuance therein, and it being after a feast she had been at with her husband, and the rest of the family; from all which Eli concluded this must be her case.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 1:13 In-Context

11 Xǔyuàn shuō , wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá a , nǐ ruò chuí gù bìnǚ de kǔ qíng , juàn niàn bù wáng bìnǚ , cì wǒ yī gè érzi , wǒ bì shǐ tā zhōng shēn guīyǔ Yēhéhuá , búyòng tì tóu dāo tì tāde tóu .

12 Hā ná zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián bù zhù dì qídǎo , Yǐlì déngjīng kàn tāde zuǐ.

13 Yuánlái hā ná xīn zhōng mò dǎo , zhǐ dòng zuǐchún , bù chū shēngyīn , yīncǐ Yǐlì yǐwéi tā hē zuì le .

14 Yǐlì duì tā shuō , nǐ yào zuì dào jǐshí ne . nǐ bù yīnggāi hē jiǔ .

15 Hā ná huídá shuō , Zhǔ a , bú shì zhèyàng . wǒ shì xīnli chóukǔ de fùrén , qīng jiǔ nóng jiǔ dōu méiyǒu hē , dàn zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián qīng xīn tǔ yì .