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Hannah (חַנָּה, channah). The mother of Samuel the prophet and judge. The second of Elkanah’s two wives, and was barren (1 Sam 1:2, 6).
Hannah brings her desire for a child to God in persistent prayer with the radical hope that God will grant her desire, a child she promises to return to God (1 Sam 1–2). Hannah is further plagued by the presence of Elkanah’s first wife, Peninnah, a rival who mocks her suffering even in her most vulnerable moments (1 Sam 1:6–7).
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