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Commentary for I Samuel 1:14

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ עֵלִ֔י עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִ֑ין הָסִ֥ירִי אֶת־יֵינֵ֖ךְ מֵעָלָֽיִךְ׃

And Eli said unto her: ‘How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.’

Metzudat David on I Samuel

Will you be drunk: Will you show yourself to be drunk a long time; and until when?
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Radak on I Samuel

Will you be drunk: Until when will you show yourself as if you were drunk; since you move the lips of your mouth, but your words are not heard.
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Metzudat David on I Samuel

Remove your wine: If you drank much wine, do something to remove the drunkenness of the wine, through sleep and that which is similar.
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Radak on I Samuel

Remove your wine: And sober up, since you appear like a drunkard and you do not act like other people who pray, who say their requests in a way that you can hear. And even though sometimes someone who prays says his words a little secretly, nevertheless he also yells out and prays some of his words. But you proceeded to pray so much, yet your voice was not heard. And from this, it appears that you are drunk. And Yonatan translated it [in the Targum] as, "Until when will you act foolishly; will you not temper the wine from yourself?"
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