[as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
"First, we are told twice that ’The Lord had closed her womb’ (1 Samuel 1:5-6). . . . Second, while it is Yahweh who has created Hannah’s problem, Hannah’s response is not against Yahweh, but against Peninnah (1 Samuel 1:6-7). . . .