Peninnah
pe.nin.nah is the proper name of the wife identified alongside Hannah and as mother of sons and daughters.
The supplied verses use this proper noun for the woman named alongside Hannah, first identified as having children and later receiving portions with her sons and daughters.
Senses in use
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Personal name in the family narrative · dominant
In 1 Samuel 1:2, the forms are tagged as a proper noun in the clause naming the second wife; the APB renders her as “Peninnah” and says that she had children. In 1 Samuel 1:4, the proper noun identifies the wife who receives portions together with her sons and daughters.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Peninnah” in both verses: first in the naming of the second wife and then in the account of portions given to her and her children. The verse is read as a whole.