1Sa 1:11 | NETfull | STEP | She made a vow saying, “O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”

1 Samuel 1:11

11 She made a vow saying, “O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion ^{▼▼ Heb “if looking you look.” The expression can refer, as here, to looking favorably upon another, in this case with compassion.} on the suffering of your female servant, ^{▼▼ Heb “handmaid.” The use of this term (translated two more times in this verse and once each in vv. 16, 17 simply as “servant” for stylistic reasons) is an expression of humility.} remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child ^{▼▼ Heb “seed of men.”} to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.” ^{▼▼ Heb “a razor will not go up upon his head.”}