Peninnah

She would grieve Hannah by means of ordinary everyday activities, taking pains to remind her, at all hours of the day, of the difference between them.

[6] According to Jewish writer Lillian Klein, "Because the reader’s sympathies are directed toward the childless Hannah, Peninnah comes across as a malicious woman.

"[7] Eventually, in answer to her desperate prayer, Hannah's womb was opened, and she bore Samuel, and later another three sons and two daughters.

The different midrashim highlight the difficulty Peninnah faced living in the shadow of another woman.

She vexed Hannah at Shiloh, thereby causing her distraught rival wife to pray fervently.