Translations
Modern
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
Traditional
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
Literal
And her rival also provoked her severely to make her miserable, because YHWH had shut up her womb.
Latin
Affligebat quoque eam æmula ejus, et vehementer angebat, in tantum ut exprobraret quod Dominus conclusisset vulvam ejus:
Original
Hebrew
English
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Eli Hannah Joshua, Book of Peninnah Phinehas Rathamin Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Shiloh
Topics
Barrenness: A Reproach Barrenness: Miraculously Removed: Hannah Childlessness: A Reproach Children: Not to Have: A Reproach in Israel Cruelty: Peninnah to Hannah Family: Infelicity in Elkanah, on Account of Bigamic Feuds Hannah: Her Trials and Prayer, and Promise Polygamy: Domestic Unhappiness in Elkanah's Family Satire: Hannah's Song of Exultation Over Peninnah Tantalizing: General Scriptures Concerning Women: Peninnah, the Wife of Elkanah, in Her Jealous Taunting of Hannah