“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.”
Her rival used to provoke her bitterly, to irritate her, because the LORD had shut up her womb—Peninnah's taunting (from *ka'as*, to vex, to burn) is sustained cruelty grounded in Hannah's involuntary condition. The closure of the womb is attributed directly to divine action, raising the question: Why has the LORD withheld fertility from Hannah?
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