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title: אֲנִיָּה — mourning · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲנִיָּה (592), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: mourning. BDB 1906: n.f. mourning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲנִיָּה

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«אֲנִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mourning** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 592 · **BDB:** אֲנִיָּה

### Glosses

lamentation (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mourning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/592/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. mourning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/592/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. mourning; Is 29:2 La 2:5 (both times in combin. תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲנִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/592/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 29:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.2/)

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וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי לַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֤ה תַֽאֲנִיָּה֙ וַֽאֲנִיָּ֔ה וְהָ֥יְתָה לִּ֖י כַּאֲרִיאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.bring.distress to Ariel and it.will.be mourning and lamentation and it.will.be to me like an.altar.hearth

*JPS 1917:* Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.

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[Lamentations 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.2.5/)

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הָיָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֤י ׀ כְּאוֹיֵב֙ בִּלַּ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּלַּע֙ כָּל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ שִׁחֵ֖ת מִבְצָרָ֑יו וַיֶּ֙רֶב֙ בְּבַת־יְהוּדָ֔ה תַּאֲנִיָּ֖ה וַאֲנִיָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* he.has.become Lord \[the\] like an.enemy he.has.swallowed.up Israel he.has.swallowed.up all palaces its he.has.ruined fortifications its and he.has.multiplied in the.daughter of.Judah mourning and lamentation

*JPS 1917:* The Lord is become as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed his strongholds; and He hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning.

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