Hannah Bears Samuel at the Turning of the Days

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 78:19

"And it came to pass at the turn of the days that Hannah conceived and bore a son" (1 Samuel 1:20). Mar Zutra said: even according to the one who holds that a woman who gives birth at nine months does not give birth at incomplete months, one who gives birth at seven months may give birth at incomplete months, as it is said, "at the turn of the days" - the minimum of "turns" [seasons] is two, and the minimum of "days" is two [two seasons and two days, that is, about seven and a half months].

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