Commentary for I Samuel 1:4
וַיְהִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וַיִּזְבַּ֖ח אֶלְקָנָ֑ה וְנָתַ֞ן לִפְנִנָּ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ וּֽלְכָל־בָּנֶ֛יהָ וּבְנוֹתֶ֖יהָ מָנֽוֹת׃
And it came to pass upon a day, when Elkanah sacrificed, that he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions;
Rashi on I Samuel
It happened on the day. It happened on the festive day.
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Metzudat David on I Samuel
And it was on that day: Meaning to say, when the day came that he would bring his sacrifices, Elkanah would sacrifice peace-offerings and he would give portions to Peninah, etc. from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings.
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Radak on I Samuel
And it was on that day: The day of the set time; and likewise did Yonatan translate it [in the Targum] as, "the day of the set time." And in the homiletical teachings: Rabbi Yehoshua be Levi said, "This was the day of Shavuot."
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Radak on I Samuel
And he would give to Peninah from the peace-offerings that he would sacrifice.
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