1 Samuel 1:1
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Berean Study Bible
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite,

King James Bible
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

Hebrew
Now there was
וַיְהִי֩ (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a
אֶחָ֜ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

man
אִ֨ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

named
וּשְׁמ֡וֹ (ū·šə·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

Elkanah
אֶ֠לְקָנָה (’el·qā·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 511: Elkanah -- 'God has created', the name of several Israelites

[who was] from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

Ramathaim-zophim
צוֹפִ֖ים (ṣō·w·p̄îm)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7436: Ramathaim-zophim -- 'double height of watchers', a city in Ephraim

in the hill country
מֵהַ֣ר (mê·har)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of Ephraim.
אֶפְרָ֑יִם (’ep̄·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

[He was] the son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Jeroham,
יְרֹחָ֧ם (yə·rō·ḥām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3395: Jeroham -- 'may He be compassionate', the name of several Israelites

the son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Elihu,
אֱלִיה֛וּא (’ĕ·lî·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 453: Elihu -- 'He is (my) God', five Israelites

the son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Tohu,
תֹּ֥חוּ (tō·ḥū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8459: Tohu -- an ancestor of Samuel

the son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Zuph,
צ֖וּף (ṣūp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6689: Zuph -- ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel

an Ephraimite.
אֶפְרָתִֽי׃ (’ep̄·rā·ṯî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 673: Ephraimite -- a descendant of Ephraim, also an inhabitant of Ephrath

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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