--- title: עָנָה — be bowed down · The Tanakh dictionary description: עָנָה (6031), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 79 times: be bowed down. BDB 1906: vb. be bowed down, afflicted Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6031.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-4.md)‎ / עָנָה‎ # עָנָה «עָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be bowed down** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 79 times · **Key:** 6031 · **BDB:** עָנָה³ ### Glosses he (8); humble (5); you (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) be bowed down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6031/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. be bowed down, afflicted Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6031/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be bowed down, afflicted (NH id.; MI Pi. ויענו l5, אענו l6; Assyrian enû, thwart, frustrate, do violence to; Arabic عنو, عَنَا be lowly, submissive, v. Rahlfsעָנִי und עָנָו in d. Psalmen (1892), 67 ff.; 𝔗 עַנִּי Pa. oppress; Syriac Ethpe. humble oneself, and deriv.);— Pf. 1 s. עָנִיתִי ψ 116:10; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲנֶה Is 25:5; 31:4, etc.;— be put down or become low, of song of triumph Is 25:5 (others as Hiph. he putteth down, ‖ תַּכְנִיעַ). be depressed, downcast Is 31:4 (of lion; ‖ יֵחָ֑ת). be afflicted ψ 116:10; 119:67; Zc 10:2. Pf. 1 s. נַעֲנֵיתִי ψ 119:107; Inf. cstr. לֵעָנֹת (perhaps read as Qal Ges§ 51 l) Ex 10:3; Pt. נַעֲנֶה 53:7; fs. נַעֲנָה 58:10;— humble oneself מִפְּנֵי Ex 10:3. be afflicted ψ 119:107 Is 53:7; 58:10. Pf. 3 ms. עִנָּה Dt 22:24 + 5 times; 2 ms. עִנִּיתָ ψ 88:8; 1 s. עִנֵּיתִי ψ 35:13, sf. וְעִנִּתִךְ consec. Na 1:12, etc.; Impf. יְעַנֶּה Jb 37:23, etc.; Imv. עַנּוּ Ju 19:24; Inf. abs. עַנֵּה Ex 22:22; cstr. עַנּוֹת Is 58:5 +, etc.; Pt. pl. sf. מְעַנַּיִךְ Is 60:14 Zp 3:19;— humble, mishandle, afflict: individual Gn 16:6; 31:50 (J) Ex 22:21, 22(×2) (E) Jb 30:11; by imprisonment and bonds Ju 16:5, 6, 19 ψ 105:18; a nation by way or in bondage Gn 15:13 (J) Ex 1:11, 12; Nu 24:24(×2) (E) Dt 26:6; 1 S 12:8 (inserting וַיְעַנּוּם מִצְרַיִם, so 𝔊 Dr Bu Kit HPS (cf. Th We\]), 2 S 7:10; 2 K 17:20 ψ 94:5; Is 60:14; Zp 3:19; dynasty of David ψ 89:23. humble, a woman by cohabit., Gn 34:2 (J) Dt 21:14; 22:24, 29; Ju 19:24; 20:5 2 S 13:12, 14, 22, 32; Ez 22:10, 11; La 5:11. afflict as a discipline (God agent) Dt 8:2, 3, 16; 1 K 11:39 ψ 88:8; 90:15; 119:75; Is 64:11 Na 1:12(×2) La 3:33. humble, weaken, obj. כֹּחַ ψ 102:24; משׁפט Jb 37:23 (cf. Talm עִנָּה דִּין); נֶפֶשׁ oneself, by fasting Lv 16:29, 31; 23:27, 32; Nu 29:7 (P) ψ 35:13; Is 58:3, 5; by an oath Nu 30:14 (P). Pf. 1 s. עֻנֵּיתִי ψ 119:71; Impf. 3 fs. תְּעֻנֶּה Lv 23:29; Inf. cstr. sf. עֻנּוֹתוֹ ψ 132:1; Pt. מְעֻנֶּה Is 53:4;— be afflicted, in discipline by God ψ 119:71; 132:1 Is 53:4. be humbled by fasting Lv 23:29 (P). Impf. 2 ms. sf. תַּעֲנֵם 1 K 8:35 = 2 Ch 6:26 afflict, in discipline. Pf. 3 ms. הִתְעַנָּה 1 K 2:26; 2 ms. הִתְעַנִּיתָ v 26; Impf. 3 mpl. יִתְעַנּוּ ψ 107:17; Imv. הִתְעַנִּי Gn 16:9; Inf. cstr. הִתְעַנּוֹת Ez 8:21 Dn 10:12;— humble oneself (c. תַּחַת יָדֶיהָ Gn 16:9 (J). be afflicted, by men 1 K 2:26(×2) by God in discipline ψ 107:17. humble oneself in fasting Ezr 8:21 Dn 10:12. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 74 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «עָנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6031/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 116:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.10/) הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֲ֝נִ֗י עָנִ֥יתִי מְאֹֽד׃ *Word for word:* I.believed (dm) I.said I I.am.afflicted exceedingly *JPS 1917:* I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.' [Exodus 22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.21/) כָּל־אַלְמָנָ֥ה וְיָת֖וֹם לֹ֥א תְעַנּֽוּן׃ *Word for word:* any widow and a.fatherless.one not you must.afflict *JPS 1917:* Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. - ← previous: [עָנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6030.md) - next →: [עֲנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6034.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-4.md)