Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
"Hannah." This name in the Douay Version is "Anna." According to Henry Preserved Smith it means "grace," and Peninnah means "coral."[5] Barnes gave the meaning of Peninnah as "pearl," and declared that it means the same thing as "Margaret."[6]  F. K. Farr gave the meaning of "Elkanah" as "possessed of God,"[7] a name especially appropriate for a Levite, because the Levites were in a special sense God's possession.