And the child
na`ar (nah'-ar)
babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Samuel
Shmuw'el (sehm-oo-ale')
heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites -- Samuel, Shemuel.
ministered
sharath (shaw-rath')
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to -- minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
unto the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
before
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Eli
`Eliy (ay-lee')
lofty; Eli, an Israelite high-priest -- Eli.
And the word
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
was precious
yaqar (yaw-kawr')
valuable (obj. or subj.) -- brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
in those days
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
there was no open
parats (paw-rats')
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
vision
chazown (khaw-zone')
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle -- vision.