וְחַנָּ֗ה הִ֚יא מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת עַל־לִבָּ֔הּ רַ֚ק שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ נָּע֔וֹת וְקוֹלָ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ עֵלִ֖י לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃
Si Hana ay nagsasalita sa kanyang puso; ang kanyang mga labi lamang ang gumagalaw, ngunit hindi naririnig ang kanyang tinig. Kaya't inakala ni Eli na siya ay lasing.
Rashi
Eili thought she was drunk. Because they were not accustomed to praying silently.
Metzudat David
And Channah: But, "Channah was praying in her heart" - meaning to say, in a whisper, as if she was speaking to her heart, so it was not audible to Eli.
Radak
Spoke in her heart: It is like its translation [in Targum Yonatan], "she prayed in her heart." Meaning to say, she concentrated [with] her heart in prayer.