1 Samuel 1:13

13 y la veía mover los labios. Pero como no oía ningún sonido, pensó que estaba ebria.

1 Samuel 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 1:13

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart
It was mental prayer she used, some ejaculations of her mind she sent up to God, which she was sensible were well known to him, and she needed not to express vocally:

only her lips moved;
as her heart spoke, and sent up her petitions, as if she had used words and phrases in form:

but her voice was not heard:
that she might not seem to be ostentatious in her prayer, and that she might not interrupt others in their devotions; and she knew that her voice was not necessary with respect to God:

therefore Eli thought she had been drunken;
by the motions she made, and gestures she used, as if she was muttering something to herself, and by her long continuance therein, and it being after a feast she had been at with her husband, and the rest of the family; from all which Eli concluded this must be her case.

1 Samuel 1:13 In-Context

11 e hizo el siguiente voto: «Oh Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, si miras mi dolor y contestas mi oración y me das un hijo, entonces te lo devolveré. Él será tuyo durante toda su vida, y como señal de que fue dedicado al Señor
, nunca se le cortará el cabello».

12 Mientras Ana oraba al Señor
, Elí la observaba

13 y la veía mover los labios. Pero como no oía ningún sonido, pensó que estaba ebria.

14 —¿Tienes que venir borracha? —le reclamó—. ¡Abandona el vino!

15 —¡Oh no, señor! —respondió ella—. No he bebido vino ni nada más fuerte. Pero como estoy muy desanimada, derramaba ante el Señor
lo que hay en mi corazón.