1 Samuel 4:20
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And when she was upon the point of death, they that stood about her said to her: Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. She answered them not, nor gave heed to them.

Fear not

Genesis 35:17,18 By reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. . . .

John 16:21 A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

neither did she regard it.

Psalm 77:2 In the days of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted:

Context
The Death of Eli
19And his daughter in law, the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden. 20And when she was upon the point of death, they that stood about her said to her: Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. She answered them not, nor gave heed to them.21And she called the child Ichabod, saying: The glory is gone from Israel, because the ark of God was taken, and for her father in law, and for her husband:…
Cross References
Genesis 35:16
And going forth from thence, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,

1 Samuel 4:19
And his daughter in law, the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden.

Lexicon
As
וּכְעֵ֣ת (ū·ḵə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when

she was dying,
מוּתָ֗הּ (mū·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

the women attending
הַנִּצָּב֣וֹת (han·niṣ·ṣā·ḇō·wṯ)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5324: To take one's stand, stand

to her
עָלֶ֔יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

said,
וַתְּדַבֵּ֙רְנָה֙ (wat·tə·ḏab·bê·rə·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

“Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

despair,
תִּֽירְאִ֖י (tî·rə·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you have given birth to
יָלָ֑דְתְּ (yā·lā·ḏət)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

a son!”
בֵ֣ן (ḇên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

But she did not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

respond
עָנְתָ֖ה (‘ā·nə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

or pay any heed.
שָׁ֥תָה (šā·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set


Additional Translations
As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not despair, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not; for you have born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

And in her time she was at the point of death; and the women that stood by her, said to her, Fear not, for thou hast born a son: but she answered not, and her heart did not regard it.

And as she was dying, the women that stood by her said, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she did not answer, neither did she take it to heart.

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

And about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, "Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son." But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.

And at the time of her death, when the women who are standing by her say, 'Fear not, for a son thou hast borne,' she hath not answered, nor set her heart to it;
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