1 Samuel 1:20
ഒരു ആണ്ടു കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ടു ഹന്നാ ഗർഭംധരിച്ചു ഒരു മകനെ പ്രസവിച്ചു; ഞാൻ അവനെ യഹോവയോടു അപേക്ഷിച്ചുവാങ്ങി എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു അവന്നു ശമൂവേൽ എന്നു പേരിട്ടു.
| Wherefore it came to pass, | וַֽיְהִי֙ | wayhiy | va-HEE |
| when the time | לִתְקֻפ֣וֹת | litqupôt | leet-koo-FOTE |
| come was | הַיָּמִ֔ים | hayyāmîm | ha-ya-MEEM |
| about after Hannah | וַתַּ֥הַר | wattahar | va-TA-hahr |
| had conceived, | חַנָּ֖ה | ḥannâ | ha-NA |
| bare she that | וַתֵּ֣לֶד | wattēled | va-TAY-led |
| a son, | בֵּ֑ן | bēn | bane |
| and called | וַתִּקְרָ֤א | wattiqrāʾ | va-teek-RA |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| his name | שְׁמוֹ֙ | šĕmô | sheh-MOH |
| Samuel, | שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | šĕmûʾēl | sheh-moo-ALE |
| Because saying, | כִּ֥י | kî | kee |
| I have asked | מֵֽיְהוָ֖ה | mēyĕhwâ | may-yeh-VA |
| him of the Lord. | שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃ | šĕʾiltîw | sheh-eel-TEEV |