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H578 אָנָה (ʼânâh) aw-naw'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to lament

Strong's Definition

to groan

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: lament, mourn.

TWOT Reference: 124

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to mourn

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָנָה (a.nah) — to lament. (Qal) to mourn

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Grieve | verb qal | ≈ אבל · אמל

to mourn, to lament = action by which humans give expression to their grief, ◄ caused by death of a relative or friend or by extreme hardship

ISA 3:26 · ISA 19:8

verb · תַּאֲנָה

Happen | verb pu'al

to befall, to happen = process by which something happens to humans

PSA 91:10 · PRO 12:21

Happen | verb pi

Collocation: אנה לְיָד

to allow to happen literally: to cause to happen to (someone's) hand; hence: causative process by which deities cause or allow something to happen to somebody

EXO 21:13

Conflict | verb hit

to pick a quarrel = action by which humans look for an occasion to start a conflict with other humans

2KI 5:7

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אָנָה] vb. mourn base

Bible Occurrences (2)

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