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As thy soul liveth - a strong asseveration in familiar use among the Hebrews (1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 20:3: cf. Genesis 42:15), and employed by Hannah on this occasion to recall to the remembrance of the aged priest an incident of some years before, in which she was the principal actor.