⁶ (Now her rival wife would provoke her severely in order to upset her because Yahweh had closed her womb.) ⁷ And so he used to do^[a] year after year; whenever^[b] she went up to the house of Yahweh, she^[c] would provoke her so that she^[d] would weep and would not eat. ⁸ So Elkanah her husband would say to her: “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat? And why are you heartsick?^[e] Am I not better to you than ten sons?”