Hebrew word · H6444

פְּנִנָּה

peninah

Peninnah

Appears 3 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.2; married to Elkanah (H0511H)

§ Peninnah = "jewel"

the other wife of Elkanah besides Hannah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Samuel · 3

  1. 1 Samuel 1:2 פְּנִנָּ֑ה לִפְנִנָּה֙ [was] Peninnah, to Peninnah

    He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

  2. 1 Samuel 1:4 לִפְנִנָּ֣ה to Peninnah

    And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.