"Favor" in the Hebrew bible in parallel with other sources

الملخص EN

The theme of this paper concentrates actually on the different usages of the English word " favor "which is almost equivalent to the Arabic one ( hadhweh ) as translated from the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament ( 1 Samuel 2: 26 ) into English and Arabic Bibles published in 1995 and 1996.

The Bible in 1 Samuel 2: 26 of the New Living Translation narrates as follows: "Meanwhile, as young Samuel grew taller, he also continued to gain favor with the Lord and with the people ".

And this means that the Lord's and people's love, sympathy and favoritism had been in his favor.

But the Jewish prophet ( Samuel ) is mentioned in the Qur'an not by name although the names of two king who had ruled in Palestine during his time are mentioned by name as in the Cow chapter ( 2: 246 – 247 ).

Favor / Hadhweh implies, in fact, implications in our present and past folklore.

So the English – Arabic dictionaries define it according to the functions it serves and we can deduce among them: status, fortune, importance, acceptance, preference, sympathy, honor …and so forth.

The important argument regarding this topic is to look for the kinds of real favor and its opposite disfavor by elaborating the question of: why it is wrong to show favoritism to the wealthy? To ourselves and our sects? .

In addition, the word favor is mentioned in many literary, Biblical, and Qur'anic texts regarding man's belief and behavior which suggest that this word we used in the title has a value in a paralleled study with a reference to our past heritage and antiquities.