Commentary for I Samuel 1:6
וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם־כַּ֔עַס בַּעֲב֖וּר הַרְּעִמָ֑הּ כִּֽי־סָגַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד רַחְמָֽהּ׃
And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Rashi on I Samuel
Her rival. Her husband's other wife, Penina.
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Metzudat David on I Samuel
And her rival would anger her: Peninah, her rival wife, would anger her with words.
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Radak on I Samuel
Her rival (tzarah): Peninah, who was a tribulation (tzarah) to her. And likewise, all two wives [married] to the same man are called tribulations (tzarot), since they are generally each other's enemies. And likewise in the Mishnah (Yevamot 1), "exempt their tzarot."
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