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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:12 - 1:12
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But when Hannah prayed much (i.e., a long time) before the Lord, and Eli noticed her mouth, and, as she was praying inwardly, only saw her lips move, but did not hear her voice, he thought she was drunken, and called out to her: “How long dost thou show thyself drunken? put away thy wine from thee,” i.e., go away and sleep off thine intoxication (cf. 1Sa 25:37). לִבָּהּ עַל מְדַבֶּרֶת, lit. speaking to her heart. עַל is not to be confounded with אֶל (Gen 24:45), but has the subordinate idea of a comforting address, as in Gen 34:3, etc.