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Elkanah (Hebrew: אֱלְקָנָה ’Ĕlqānā "El has purchased") was, according to the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel. Elkanah practiced polygamy ; his other wife, less favoured but bearing more children, was named Peninnah .
Peninnah (right) with Elkanah and Hannah as they return to Ramah. Peninnah (Hebrew: פְּנִנָּה Pəninnā; sometimes transliterated Penina) was one of Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). [1] [2] Her name derives from the word פְּנִינָּה (pəninā), meaning "pearl." [3] [4]
Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred Hannah. According to Lillian Klein, the use of this chiasmus underscores the standing of the women: Hannah is the primary wife, yet Peninnah has succeeded in bearing children. Hannah's status as primary wife and her barrenness recall Sarah and Rebecca in Genesis 17 and Genesis 25 respectively. Klein suggests that ...
According to the genealogical tables in Chronicles, Elkanah was a Levite—a fact not mentioned in the books of Samuel. The fact that Elkanah, a Levite, was denominated an Ephraimite [6] is analogous to the designation of a Levite belonging to Judah (Judges 17:7, for example). [7] According to 1 Samuel 1:1–28, Elkanah had two wives, Peninnah ...
According to the Bible, the story of Mount Gerizim takes us back to the story of the time when Moses ordered Joshua to take the Twelve Tribes of Israel to the mountains by Shechem and place half of the tribes, six in number, on the top of Mount Gerizim (Mount of the Blessing), and the other half in Mount Ebal (Mount of the Curse). The two ...
Peninnah – Wife of Elkanah. I Samuel [150] Persis – a "woman who has worked hard in the Lord" whom Paul the Apostle greeted. Romans. [151] Phoebe – A deaconess of the church of Cenchrea. Romans [152] Priscilla – wife of Aquila, and missionary partner to Paul the Apostle. Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Timothy [153] [154] [155] [156]
Elkanah/Elkana can also be a surname or a male forename. Some notable people with the first name Elkanah: Elkanah Settle (1648-1724) English poet and playwright; Elkanah Billings (1820-1876) Canada's first paleontologist; Elkanah Watson (1758-1842) American writer, agriculturalist and canal promoter; Elkanah Angwenyi (born 1983) Kenyan 1500m runner
Klein suggests that Elkanah took Peninnah as a second wife because of Hannah's barrenness. [70] Every year, Elkanah would offer a sacrifice at the Shiloh sanctuary, and give Peninnah and her children a portion but he gave Hannah a double portion "because he loved her, and the LORD had closed her womb" (1 Samuel 1:5, NIV).