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title: עֲנָה — Anah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲנָה (6034), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Anah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲנָה

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«עֲנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Anah** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 6034 · **BDB:** עֲנָה

### Glosses

of.Anah (6); Anah (5); \[was\].Anah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Anah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6034/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6034/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Horites:— Gn 36:2 (read הַחֹרִי for הַחִוִּי v. Di) v 14, 18, 20, 25(×2), 29 = 1 Ch 1:38, 41. (‘nephew’ of 1) Gn 36:24(×2) = 1 Ch 1:40.—Ανα, Α(ι)να(ν) (cf. n.pr.m. ען, Safa, HalJAs 7, x. 374).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6034/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.25/)

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וְאֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־עֲנָ֖ה דִּשֹׁ֑ן וְאָהֳלִיבָמָ֖ה בַּת־עֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.children of.Anah Dishon and Oholibamah the.daughter of.Anah

*JPS 1917:* And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.

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[Genesis 36:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.29/)

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אֵ֖לֶּה אַלּוּפֵ֣י הַחֹרִ֑י אַלּ֤וּף לוֹטָן֙ אַלּ֣וּף שׁוֹבָ֔ל אַלּ֥וּף צִבְע֖וֹן אַלּ֥וּף עֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.chiefs of the.Horite\[s\] chief Lotan chief Shobal chief Zibeon chief Anah

*JPS 1917:* These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: the chief of Lotan, the chief of Shobal, the chief of Zibeon, the chief of Anah,

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