1 Samuel 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

The name of the one was Hannah, х Chanaah (H2584), grace; Septuagint, Anna].

And the name of the other Peninnah, х Pªninaah (H6444) (in some MSS., Pªniynaah, ruby: so called, as Harmer suggests, from a florid complexion (cf. 1 Samuel 16:12); Septuagint, fennana].

1 Samuel 1:2

2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.