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# Then Eli answered

Eli was the head priest residing over the tabernacle.

# Let your servant find

Hannah speaks of herself in the second person to show respect for Eli, the head priest. This can be stated in the first person. AT: "Let me, your servant, find" or "Let me find" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# find favor in your eyes

Here "find favor" is an idiom that means be approved of or that he is pleased with her. Here the eyes are a metonym for sight, and seeing represents judging or deciding the value of something. AT: "evaluated me and approve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# ate; her face was

Here "her face" represents Hannah herself. You can make this a separate sentence, if needed. AT: "ate. She was" or "ate. People could see that she was" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/israel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/favor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/face]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Then Eli answered`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Eli was the head priest residing over the tabernacle.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Let your servant find`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Hannah speaks of herself in the second person to show respect for Eli, the head priest. This can be stated in the first person. AT: "Let me, your servant, find" or "Let me find" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# find favor in your eyes`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "find favor" is an idiom that means be approved of or that he is pleased with her. Here the eyes are a metonym for sight, and seeing represents judging or deciding the value of something. AT: "evaluated me and approve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# ate; her face was`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here "her face" represents Hannah herself. You can make this a separate sentence, if needed. AT: "ate. She was" or "ate. People could see that she was" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/israel]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/favor]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/face]]`