“But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.”
But to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved her—the word *ahabh* (love) heightens the pathos: Elkanah's affection is real, yet it cannot remove her disgrace. Peninnah's fruitfulness mocks Hannah's emptiness. The tension between human love and divine delay becomes acute.
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