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Hannah (biblical figure) Often depicted as an infertile woman asking God for a child. Hannah ( / ˈhænə /; [1] Hebrew: חַנָּה Ḥannā "favor, grace") is one of the wives of Elkanah mentioned in the First Book of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel .
Oct 6, 2021 · Hannah was the second wife of Elkanah and prayed for a child for years. God answered her prayer and she gave Samuel to Him, who became a great leader in Israel.
- Jack Zavada
May 23, 2024 · Hannah isn’t the first woman in the Bible to suffer infertility. First, there was Sarah, the wife of Abraham, then Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, and Rachel, the wife of Jacob. Yet Hannah’s response was profoundly different than theirs. In her pain, Hannah didn’t retaliate against Peninnah or Elkanah. She took her pain to the only one who ...
- Danielle Bernock
mother Hannah. Samuel (flourished 11th century bce, Israel) was a religious hero in the history of Israel, represented in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in every role of leadership open to a Jewish man of his day—seer, priest, judge, prophet, and military leader. His greatest distinction was his role in the establishment of the monarchy in ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 19, 2022 · The book of Samuel opens with the patriarch Elkanah’s annual pilgrimage to Shiloh, but it is his barren wife, Hannah, who emerges as the key figure in the story. Through her clever negotiations with God for a son, Hannah finds a way to transcend the bounds of her role as wife and mother and carve out an honorable niche for herself in the Israelites’ sacred chronicles. | Prof. Nehama Aschkenasy
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HANNAH hăn’ ə ( חַנָּ֖ה, grace, favor ). One of the two wives of Elkanah, who lived in Ramathaim-zophim, in the hill country of Ephraim ( 1 Sam 1; 2 ). Although she was Elkanah’s favorite wife, she had no children, and was consequently unmercifully taunted by the other wife, Peninnah, who had children. Hannah prayed for a son year ...
The name Hannah is derived from a Hebrew root ( ḥnn) that suggests (divine) grace. Hannah and Peninnah are introduced by their names, after Elkanah is introduced with his lineage—a feature the Hebrew Bible usually reserves for its male protagonists. Still, in being mentioned by name, Hannah fares better than women in some comparable stories ...
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