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Reading The Text: Hannah's Coat |
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Written by Michael Linetsky
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 Hannah would make him a small coat every year. Coats seemed to represent a parent's special regard for his/her child, like Jacob who made a multi-colored coat (Gen. 37:3) for Joseph his favorite son. In describing the coat
Hannah is qaulified as Samuel's mother not "Hannah" or the "wife of Elkanah".
Hannah's coats provide Samuel with a maternal connection. He will be raised in the Priesthood an arena of sanctity but one devoid of the maternal nurturing required for a child of his age. The coat Hannah makes for him is always a small one; she may have already passed away by the time Samuel had become big. This coincidence in itself could be an act of divine providence.
Hannah's maternal nurturing manifests in a coat which later (although its adult size) becomes a symbolism of Kingship in the Book of Samuel. Psychological normality and emotionally sound rearing are a formula for the makings of Divine Kingship
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