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Her rival,[a] to upset her, would torment her constantly, since the Lord had closed her womb.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:6 Her rival: Hebrew sara, “rival wife, co-wife”; in the Talmud, a technical term for a second or co-wife.

Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A)

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23 Under an unloved woman who is wed,
    and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

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23 a contemptible woman who gets married,
    and a servant who displaces her mistress.

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