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title: עֲנָה — answer · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עֲנָה (lemma:עֲנָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 30 times: answer. BDB 1906: vb. answer. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲנָה

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«עֲנָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **answer** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** lemma:עֲנָה · **BDB:** עֲנָה

### Glosses

\[was\].replying (18); \[he.was\].replying (5); they.replied (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

answer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. answer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. answer (v. BH I. עָנָה);— Pf. 3 fs. עֲנַת Dn 5:10; 3 mpl. עֲנוֹ 2:7 +; Pt. act. (עֲנָה NöGGA, 1884, 1021) עָנֵה 2:5 +, pl. עָנַיִן (K§ 47 Beisp. ε)) 3:24;—always + אמר Pt., answered and said (ל \[or קֳדָם\] pers. usually foll. אמר; foll. ע׳ 2:10, 27, 47):— answer, make reply, to something said: Dn 2:5, 7, 8, 10, 27; 3:16, 24, 25; 4:16 b; 5:17; 6:13, 14. respond to occasion, speak in view of a situation: 2:15, 20, 26, 47; 3:9, 14, 19, 24, 26, 28; 4:16 a, 27; 5:7, 10, 13; 6:17, 21; 7:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.9/)

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עֲנוֹ֙ וְאָ֣מְרִ֔ין לִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֑א מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.replied and.\[were\] saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king O king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* They spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: 'O king, live for ever!

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[Daniel 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.7/)

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עֲנ֥וֹ תִנְיָנ֖וּת וְאָמְרִ֑ין מַלְכָּ֕א חֶלְמָ֛א יֵאמַ֥ר לְעַבְד֖וֹהִי וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה נְהַחֲוֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.replied a.second.\[time\] and \[they.were\].saying O king the dream let.him.tell to servants his and the interpretation we.will.declare

*JPS 1917:* They answered the second time and said: 'Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'

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