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title: אָנַן — complain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָנַן (596), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: complain. BDB 1906: vb. complain, murmur. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָנַן

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«אָנַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **complain** — 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:** 596 · **BDB:** אָנַן

### Glosses

\[those.who\].complain (1); will.he.complain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

complain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/596/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. complain, murmur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/596/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only complain, murmur (Mish. אנן, Aramaic אֲנַן, Arabic أَنَّ, Syriac ܐܰܢ; cf. Assyrian enênu, unnînu, sigh ZimBP 22)—Impf. יִתְאוֹנֵן La 3:39 (sq. עַל־ in ‖ member); Pt. מִתְאֹנְנִים בְּאָזְנֵי י׳ Nu 11:1 (sq. acc.; vid. Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָנַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/596/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.39/)

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מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־חֲטָאָֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* why? will.he.complain a.person living a.man on sins his

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?

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[Numbers 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.1/)

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וַיְהִ֤י הָעָם֙ כְּמִתְאֹ֣נְנִ֔ים רַ֖ע בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע יְהוָה֙ וַיִּ֣חַר אַפּ֔וֹ וַתִּבְעַר־בָּם֙ אֵ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה וַתֹּ֖אכַל בִּקְצֵ֥ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the people like \[those.who\].complain trouble in the.ears of.Yahweh and he.heard Yahweh and it.burned anger his and it.burned among them the.fire of.Yahweh and it.consumed in the.outskirt\[s\] of the.camp

*JPS 1917:* And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.

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