Hannah was considered as a prophetess by Jonathan b. Uzziel. In his targum he thus explains the first five verses of I Sam. ii. as being a prophecy: Verses 1, 2: These indicate that her son Samuel would be a prophet, and that her great-grandson, Heman, the singer, would stand with his fourteen sons among the musicians in the Temple. Verses 3-5: These foretell the rout of Sennacherib; the fall of Nebuchadnezzar and that of the Macedonian kingdom; the fatal end of Haman's sons; and thereturn of Israel from Babylon to Jerusalem. Hannah is likewise counted among the seven prophetesses in Meg. 14a.

It is further said that the silent prayer of Hannah ought to be taken as an example by every one (Ber. 31a). Hannah, it is also said, was the first who called G-d by the name "Ẓebaoth" (ib. 31b). She was remembered by G-d on New-Year's Day (R. H. 11a), and for this reason Samuel chapter one is read as the haftorah on that day. The expression "And Hannah prayed" (I Sam. ii. 1), though the following passages contain no prayer, is explained (Ber. 31b) as meaning that, independently of the following passages, Hannah really addressed a prayer to G-d for having spoken bitter words against Him before she bore Samuel.

There was no press in Yemen until the press in the port city of Aden was established in 1891. From 1891 until 1925, ten books were printed there. All are very rare as these were intended for the local market only, not even for other Jews in Yemen. Additionally Jews didn’t want to use printed book preferring manuscripts.