chan.nah identifies the woman named in the Samuel narrative as wife, petitioner, mother, and speaker in prayer.

The attested form is a proper personal name identifying one woman throughout the narrative: she is named among Elkanah's wives, described as childless, prays before the LORD, bears Samuel, and later bears further children.

1. Personal name for the woman in the narrative · dominant

   The supplied morphology consistently marks the form as a proper noun. In 1 Samuel 1:2 the APB renders the clause naming one wife and contrasting her lack of children with Peninnah's children; in 1 Samuel 1:13 and 1 Samuel 1:15 it identifies the woman who speaks inwardly and answers Eli. The same name identifies the woman who conceives and bears Samuel in 1 Samuel 1:20 and who prays in 1 Samuel 2:1.

   1 Samuel 1:21 Samuel 1:131 Samuel 1:151 Samuel 1:201 Samuel 2:11 Samuel 2:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Hannah,” including direct address in 1 Samuel 1:8 and identification in narrative clauses. Its wording confirms the verse-level identification rather than supplying a separate lexical nuance.