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title: אֲנִי — I · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲנִי (589), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 874 times: I. BDB 1906: pron. comm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲנִי

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«אֲנִי» in the Tanakh 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:** 874 times · **Key:** 589 · **BDB:** אֲנִי

### Glosses

I (823); of.me (22); \[am\].I (13)

### Meaning (OSHB)

I [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/589/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pron. comm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/589/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** pron. 1 s. comm. I (أَنَا, אֲנָא, ܐܶܢܳܐ:, አነ ) Gn 6:17; 9:9, 12 + oft. Following a ptcp. as its subj. (to express mostly either a true present or the fut. instans) Gn 18:17 הַמְכַסֶּה אֲנִי Am I hiding from Abraham that which, etc., Ju 15:3 1 S 3:13 Je 1:12; 38:14; 44:29 (v. Dr§ 135, 4). Appended to a verb, it expresses, in early Hebrew, a real emphasis, as Ju 8:23 לֹא אֶמְשֹׁל אֲנִי בָּכֶם I will not rule over you, 2 S 12:28 lest I take the city, 2 S 17:15 thus and thus did Ahitophel counsel, and thus and thus יָעַצְתִּי אָ֑נִי did I counsel; but in later Heb. it is sometimes pleonastic, Ec 2:11–15, 18–20 +. In response to a question, אָ֑נִי alone = I am, It is I, Gn 27:24 Ju 13:11 1 K 18:8 +. With הֲ, הַאֲנִי †Is 66:9. (Syn. אָנֹכִי, q.v.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 18 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/589/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 56:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.4/)

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י֥וֹם אִירָ֑א אֲ֝נִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ אֶבְטָֽח׃

*Word for word:* a.day \[when\].I.will.fear I to you I.will.trust

*JPS 1917:* In the day that I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee.

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[Psalms 75:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.3/)

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כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י מֵישָׁרִ֥ים אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.will.take an.appointed.time I uprightness(es) I.will.judge

*JPS 1917:* 'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.

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