אַל־תִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ לִפְנֵ֖י בַּת־בְּלִיָּ֑עַל כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֥ב שִׂיחִ֛י וְכַעְסִ֖י דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃
«求你不要讓你的婢女在那卑劣的女人面前蒙羞。我一直說到現在，是因為我心裡有太多苦情和愁煩。»
The Jewish Spiritual Heroes
The statement of Hannah to Eli (Sam. I., 1:16), “Esteem not thy handmaid as a daughter of Belial,” he compared to the “Bnei Belial” mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, and he concluded that “the prayer of a drunken man may be compared to idol worshipping”34)ברכות ל״א א׳. Another example of his method of interpretation is found in his declaration that there can be no other punishment for a man who lifts his hand against neighbor except being buried. This he based on the verse that the earth belonged to men of strong arms.35)סנהדרין נ״ח ב׳.