A name from Scripture
Peninnah
peh-NIN-uh
Meaning
Pearl; Coral; Precious stone
Hebrew origin · Girl · First in 1 Samuel
What it points to
Peninnah's name — 'pearl' — ironically mirrors how pearls are formed: through irritation. The pain she inflicted on Hannah produced the prayer that gave Israel one of its greatest prophets. God transforms our deepest wounds into our most powerful testimonies.
Verses · King James Version
“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.”
1 Samuel 1:6
“And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.”
1 Samuel 1:7