1 Samuel 1:28

therefore also, &c. Render, And I on my part have given him to Jehovah as long as he liveth: because he was one asked for Jehovah. The exact translation of the Heb. is doubtful, and the remarkable play upon words in it is lost in translation. But the general sense is clear: -Jehovah gave me the child, and I restore him in accordance with my vow." The word translated lendoccurs elsewhere only in Exodus 12:36, where it means giverather than lend. A loan may be reclaimed at the will of the lender. Hannah's surrender of Samuel was complete. See 1 Samuel 1:11 and ch. 1 Samuel 2:20.

he worshipped Who? Not Samuel, who was too young: but Elkanah, as head of the household, worshipped, while Hannah poured out her heart in the hymn which immediately follows. The Sept. however omits the words, and the Vulg. reads "And they worshipped the Lord there."