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title: אֲנָה — I · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֲנָה (lemma:אֲנָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 16 times: I. BDB 1906: pr. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲנָה

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«אֲנָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **I** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** lemma:אֲנָה · **BDB:** אֲנָה

### Glosses

I (16)

### Meaning (OSHB)

I [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** pr. 1 s. i (= Heb. אֲנִי, q.v.: Zenj. Cilic. Egyptian Aramaic אנה (Cooke 182. 194. 202; S-Coften), Nab … נה (Lzb 221); 𝔗 אנא, Syriac ܐܶܢܳܐ );—I, Dn 2:30; 4:6, 27; 5:16, before a ptcp. 3:25; 4:34, after a ptcp. (K§ 76, 2 b) 2:8 מִן־יַצִּיב יָדַע אֲנָה, v 23 4:4; sq. a n.pr. 4:1 אֲנָה נבוכדנצר שְׁלֵה הֲוֵית, v 15, 34; 7:15; Ezr 6:12; 7:21, as nom. pendens, Dn 4:31; 7:28; emphasizing a sf. (K§ 87, 3) 7:15; Ezr 7:21 (cf.S-C B 8, J 12, K 3. 5).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.1/)

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אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר שְׁלֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּבֵיתִ֔י וְרַעְנַ֖ן בְּהֵיכְלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I Nebuchadnezzar at.ease I.was in house my and flourishing in palace my

*JPS 1917:* I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

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[Daniel 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/)

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אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת רוּחִ֛י אֲנָ֥ה דָנִיֵּ֖אל בְּג֣וֹא נִדְנֶ֑ה וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* it.was.distressed spirit my I Daniel in.\[the\] midst of.\[the\].sheath and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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