Peninnah
브닌나
Named at 1 Samuel 1:2 as one of the two wives of Elkanah: “The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.” At 1:4, when the day comes that Elkanah sacrifices, he gives portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters. At 1:6–7 the Korean Revised Version names Peninnah (그 대적 브닌나) as the one who provokes Hannah severely, where WEB says “Her rival” and “her rival”.
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- 1SA 1:1–2, engwebp
1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
2He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- 1SA 1:3–8, engwebp
3This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
4When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
5but he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.
6Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
7So year by year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
8Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
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Elkanah — Spouse of — Peninnah
Evidence: 1 Samuel 1:1–2
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Took part in (2) — Elkanah of Ramathaim Zophim and his two wives, Hannah and Peninnah, Elkanah goes up to Shiloh year by year to sacrifice, and Hannah’s rival provokes her
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He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
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Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 1:2 as one of the two wives of Elkanah: “The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.” At 1:4, when the day comes that Elkanah sacrifices, he gives portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters. At 1:6–7 the Korean Revised Version names Peninnah (그 대적 브닌나) as the one who provokes Hannah severely, where WEB says “Her rival” and “her rival”.
Cited evidence: 1SA 1:1–2, engwebp / 1SA 1:3–8, engwebp
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