1Sa 1:16 | NET2full | STEP | Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman . It’s just that , to this point , I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish .”

1 Samuel 1:16

16 Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman. ^{▼▼tn Heb “daughter of worthlessness.”} It’s just that, ^{▼▼tn Heb “for” or “indeed.” The English “It’s just that” is a colloquial expression that can express a reason.} to this point, I have spoken from my deep pain ^{▼▼tn The term שִׂיחַ (siakh) can also refer to a lament or complaint.} and anguish.” ^{▼▼tn It is also possible for the term כַּעַס (kaʿas) to refer to provocation or anger.}