Peninnah

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Peninnah is a biblical figure, one of Elkanah’s wives, known for provoking and taunting Hannah over her childlessness in the First Book of Samuel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
person
appearsInTradition Christian exegesis
Jewish exegesis
associatedPlace Ephraim NERFINISHED
Shiloh NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent annual pilgrimages to Shiloh
associatedWithFigure Samuel (indirectly, through Hannah and Elkanah) NERFINISHED
canonicalStatus canonical character in Christian Old Testament
canonical character in Jewish Bible
chapterMentioned 1 Samuel 1
contrastedWith Hannah NERFINISHED
coWife Hannah NERFINISHED
familyRelation co-wife of Hannah
genreContext Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED
hasChildrenWith Elkanah NERFINISHED
hasRoleInText First Book of Samuel NERFINISHED
husband Elkanah NERFINISHED
knownFor provoking Hannah
taunting Hannah about her childlessness
languageOfName Hebrew
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
moralPortrayal depicted negatively for provoking Hannah
narrativeFunction foil to Hannah
numberOfChildren several sons and daughters
relationshipToHannah rival wife
religiousContext Israelite worship at the sanctuary in Shiloh
religiousLiteratureType narrative
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scripturalBook 1 Samuel
sourceLanguage Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED
spouse Elkanah NERFINISHED
textualSource Masoretic Text NERFINISHED
timePeriod biblical period of the judges

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hannah coWifeOf Peninnah
Hannah mockedBy Peninnah