1 Samuel 1:4

4 Each time Elkanah offered his sacrifice, he would give one share of the meat to Peninnah and one share to each of her children.

1 Samuel 1:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 1:4

And when the time was that Elkanah offered
That is, brought his offering to the priest, to offer it for him, which was at one of the three festivals. According to R. Joshua Ben Levi ^F6, this was at the time of Pentecost; but Abarbinel thinks it was at the time of the ingathering of the fruits of the earth, which was a time of rejoicing, even the feast of tabernacles, and which is most likely:

he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters,
portions;
parts of the offering, everyone a part, or portion; by which it appears, that this was a peace offering he offered, the greater part of which belonged to the owner, and which he made a feast of for his family and friends; see ( Deuteronomy 12:5-7 ) ( 16:10-15 ) . Jerom ^F7 interprets these portions of garments.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Apud Kimchium in loc.
F7 Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 74. H.

1 Samuel 1:4 In-Context

2 Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not.

3 Every year Elkanah went from Ramah to worship and offer sacrifices to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord.

4 Each time Elkanah offered his sacrifice, he would give one share of the meat to Peninnah and one share to each of her children.

5 And even though he loved Hannah very much he would give her only one share, because the Lord had kept her from having children.

6 Peninnah, her rival, would torment and humiliate her, because the Lord had kept her childless.