In prayer, she vowed to Jehovah that if she would bear a son, she would “give him to Jehovah all the days of his life. ”
فَصَلَّتْ إِلَى يَهْوَهَ وَوَعَدَتْهُ أَنَّهَا إِذَا حَبِلَتْ بِصَبِيٍّ ،‏ فَسَتُقَدِّمُهُ لَهُ « كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ » .‏