6030. anah
Lexical Summary
anah: to answer, respond
Original Word: עָנָה
Transliteration: anah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-naw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to answer, respond
Meaning: to answer, respond
Strong's Concordance
sing, shout, testify, announce

A primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. Pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. To begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce -- give account, afflict (by mistake for anah), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for anah), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also Beyth 'Anowth, Beyth 'Anath.

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H6030. anah

[עוּן‎] verb dwell (probably; √ of following; Arabic , is support, help, see especially FlKl. Schr. i. 87 ff.); —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular consecutive וְעָנָה֫‎ (read וְעָ֫נָה‎ ?) Isaiah 13:22 and jackals shall dwell, etc. (on agreement see Ges§ 145k; "" שׁכן13:21), so ᵐ5‎ Buhl; CheHeb.Hpt.124 וְשָֽׁכְנוּ‎; > ᵑ9 ᵑ7 ᵑ6‎ and others √ IV. ענה‎. — Psalm 87:7 see מַעְיָן‎.

I. עָנָהverb answer, respond (Late Hebrew id., respond, make response; עֲנָא ᵑ7‎; Syriac , Old Aramaic, Palmyrene ענה‎; compare Arabic , , intend by saying); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳עMicah 6:5 +; suffix עָנַנִי1 Samuel 28:15 +, עָנָךְIsaiah 30:19; Jeremiah 23:37, עָנָהוּ1 Samuel 9:17 +; 1 singular עָנִיתִיHosea 14:9, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲנֶהGenesis 41:16 +, וַיַּעַןAmos 7:14 +, suffix יַעֲנֵנִיJob 20:3 +, etc.; Imperative עֲנֵהMicah 6:3; Proverbs 26:5 etc.; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺתGenesis 45:3 + [2 Samuel 22:36 see עֲנָוָה‎]; Participle עֹנֶהJudges 19:28 +, etc.; —

1 answer, respond to something said, actual or implied, Judges 8:8; 1 Samuel 4:20; Job 9:15 +; especially

a. of men, with accusative of person Genesis 45:3 (E), Judges 5:29; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 5:1 + very often (c. 110 t.); specifically be responsive, i.e. answer kindly, grant request 1 Kings 12:7 (suffix person); = be amenable, docile (toward ׳י‎) Hosea 2:17 (of Israel in figure); seldom and late, with accusative of thing replied to, Job 32:12; 33:13 (De Di Bu), 40:2.

b. of God answering (graciously): usually with accusative of person; by oracle 1 Samuel 14:37; 28:6, 15 +, figurative Habakkuk 2:11; by deed 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Kings 18:37 (twice in verse), compare בָּאֵשׁ18:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26, and especially Hosea 2:23; Hosea 2:24; 14:9, see also Micah 3:4; Isaiah 41:17; 49:8; Jeremiah 33:3; Job 12:4 +, especially Psalms, e.g. 3:5; 4:2; 20:2 33t., etc. (in all approximately 77 t.).

c. rarely with accusative, or clause, of answer: יַע ׳אלהים מַּרְעֹה אֶתשְֿׁלוֺםGenesis 41:16; Job 15:2; Proverbs 18:23; Nehemiah 8:6 they responded, Amen ! 2 Samuel 19:43 they made reply against Israel (with עַלagainst, only here), + quoted answer; with accusative of person + answer 1 Samuel 20:28 Jonathan answered Saul, David asked leave, etc.; with 2. accusative (c. 20 t.) 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 23:5 +; so = grant, vouchsafe to, תַּעֲנֵנוּ נוֺרָאוֺתPsalm 65:6 terrible things dost thou [׳י‎] vouchsafe to us.

d. often + אָמַרGenesis 18:27 Abraham answered and said, Exodus 4:1 (J), 19:8 (E), Job 4:1; 6:1 etc.; + אֶלֿ אָמַרGenesis 27:39 16t.; + ׳א לְ27:37 8t.; ׳י‎ + accusative of person + אמר‎, 1 Samuel 9:8 he answered Saul and said, + 23t. (in all approximately 130 t.); seldom + לֵאמֹרNumbers 32:31 (P), ׳ע‎ + accusative of person + ׳עאGenesis 23:5, 10, 14 (P), 41:16; 42:22 (E), Joshua 1:16 (D) .

e. seldom + דִּבֶּרJoshua 22:21 (P), 2 Kings 1:10-11, 12; ׳ע‎ + accusative of person + ׳רGenesis 34:13 (P).

2. a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances : 1 Samuel 9:17 (accusative of person + quotation), Judges 18:14 ( + אָמַר‎), Numbers 11:28 (J E; + id.), 2 Kings 1:11 (+ id.), + 19 t.

b figurative אֶתהַֿכֹּל יַעֲנֶהEcclesiastes 10:19; money meets all demands.

3. a. specifically respond as a witness, testify, so perhaps participleעֹנֶה‎ (absolute) Malachi 2:12 (in good sense); with בְּ‎ person= in the case of = for Genesis 30:33; usually against, 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 3:9; 59:12; Micah 6:3; Jeremiah 14:7; Numbers 35:30 (P), Ruth 1:21 (>Be be occupied with, II.ענה‎; Vrss Luth KitKau עִנָּהhumiliate); with בְּפָנָיוHosea 5:5; 7:10; Job 16:8; with לְפָנָיוDeuteronomy 31:21 (+ לְעֵדas witness); with בְּ‎ person + accusative of charge, סָרָה19:16, of false witness שֶׁקֶר19:18, עֵדשֶֿׁקֶרExodus 20:16 (Ginsb 20:13), "" Deuteronomy 5:17; Proverbs 25:18: absolute (bad implication) Exodus 23:2 (E; עַלconcerning).

b. less often make response as one accused (respondent) Job 9:14-15,. Niph`al 1. make answer, subject ׳י‎, with ל‎ person, Perfect1singular נַעֲנֵיתִיEzekiel 14:4; Participle נַעֲנֶה‎ (Qal not in Ezekiel).

2 be answered: Imperfect3masculine singular יֵעָנֶה‎,

a. Job 11:2 (subject words).

b. of man = receive answer Proverbs 21:3, Songs 1 singular אֵעָנֶהJob 19:7.

Hiph`il Participle לִבּוֺ בְּשִׂמְחַת מַעֲנֶהEcclesiastes 5:19, wholly dubious; Hi (God) causes (all things) to respond in the joy of his heart; De answers to the joy, etc.; de Jong Wild occupies him (II. עָנָה‎) with the joy, etc.

IV. עָנָהverb sing (Arabic sing, chant, singing, chanting, etc.; Syriac sing responsively, hymn, refrain; possibly Assyrian enû, resound (?); Egyptian anni is loan-word according to Bondi80); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular וְעָנוּ‎ consecutive Jeremiah 51:14; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעַנֶה25:30; 3feminine singular וַתַּעַןExodus 15:21; 3feminine plural וַתַּעֲנֶינָה1 Samuel 18:7, etc.; Imperative עֱנוּNumbers 21:17; Psalm 147:7; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺתExodus 32:18 (twice in verse); — sing, utter tunefully, 15:21 (E) and Miriam sang to (ל‎) them; of uttering shout (הֵידָד‎), as in vintage Jeremiah 25:30 (׳י‎ subject; + אֶלֿ‎ person), in attack 51:14 (+ עַלֿ‎ person); (חֲלוּשָׁה‎) גְּבוּרָה עֲנוֺת קוֺלExodus 32:18 (twice in verse) (E); with ל‎ of thing or person laudation Numbers 21:17 (J E; well); Psalm 147:7 (׳י‎; "" זַמְּרוּ‎), Ezra 3:11; + אָמַר1 Samuel 18:7 the women sang, and said; לֵאמֹר בַמְּחֹלוֺת יַעֲנוּ21:12; 29:5; with accusative of thing laudation Psalm 119:172 (compare "" 119:171). — Isaiah 14:22 see עון

Pi`el intensive: Imperative עַנּוּלָֿהּIsaiah 27:2 sing sweetly of it; Infinitive עַנּוֺת קוֺלExodus 32:18 (E) the sound of distinct singing; compare לְעַנּוֺתPsalm 88:1.

I. [עֲנָה‎] verb answer (see Biblical Hebrew I. עָנָה‎); —

Pe`al Perfect3feminine singular עֲנַתDaniel 5:10; 3masculine plural עֲנוֺ2:7 +; Participle active (עֲנָה‎ NöGGA, 1884, 1021) עָנֵה2:5 +, plural עָנַיִן‎ (K§ 47 Beisp. e)) 3:24; — always + אמר‎ Participle, answered and said (ל‎ [or קֳדָם‎] person usually following אדר‎; following ׳ע2:10, 27, 47): —

1 answer, make reply, to something said: Daniel 2:5, 7, 8, 10, 27; 3:16, 24, 25; 4:16; b 5:17; 6:13; 6:14.

2 respond to occasion, speak in view of a situation: Daniel 2:15, 20, 26; 3:9, 14, 19, 24, 26, 28; 4:16a; 4:27; 5:10.








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