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Peninnah

wife of Elkanah

Wife of whose rivalry frames Hannah's prayer.

2 appearances1 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Second wife of who has children while remains childless and provokes her rival year after year at until Hannah weeps and refuses to eat. Her taunts frame the setting for Hannah's anguished prayer at the tabernacle that leads to the birth of .

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