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title: אֲנָקָה — crying · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲנָקָה (603), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: crying. BDB 1906: n.f. crying, groaning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲנָקָה

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«אֲנָקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crying** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 603 · **BDB:** אֲנָקָה

### Glosses

\[the\].groaning (2); groaning (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/603/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. crying, groaning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/603/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. crying, groaning, in distress (Aramaic ܐܶܢܰܩܬܳܐ ) Mal 2:13 (‖ דִּמְעָה, בְּכִי); cstr. אֶנְקַת ψ 12:6 (of poor, אֶבְיוֹן); 79:11 (of prisoner אָסִיר), so 102:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲנָקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/603/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 102:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.21/)

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לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

*Word for word:* to hear \[the\].groaning of.prisoner\[s\] to set.free \[the\].sons of.death

*JPS 1917:* To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

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[Psalms 79:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.79.11/)

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תָּ֤ב֣וֹא לְפָנֶיךָ֮ אֶנְקַ֪ת אָ֫סִ֥יר כְּגֹ֥דֶל זְרוֹעֲךָ֑ ה֝וֹתֵ֗ר בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

*Word for word:* may.it.come before you \[the\].groaning of.\[the\].prisoner according to.the.greatness your.arm your leave.over \[the\].sons of.death

*JPS 1917:* Let the groaning of the prisoner come before Thee; according to the greatness of Thy power set free those that are appointed to death;

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