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title: עָנָו — poor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָנָו (6035), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: poor. BDB 1906: n.m. poor, afflicted, humble, meek. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָנָו

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«עָנָו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **poor** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 6035 · **BDB:** עָנָו

### Glosses

humble.\[people\] (15); of.humble.\[people\] (3); \[the\].humble.\[people\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

poor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6035/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. poor, afflicted, humble, meek [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6035/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (?; LagBN 48) n.m. poor, afflicted, humble, meek;—עָנָו Nu 12:3 (Kt; Qr עָנָיו is to ensure the—ָ according to Di Köii 1, 76); elsewhere pl. עֲנָוִים Is 29:19 + 11 times + Kt עֲנָוִים Is 32:7 ψ 9:19 (Qr עֲנִיִּים); Qr עֲנָוִים ψ 9:13; 10:12 Pr 3:34; 14:21; 16:19 (Kt עניים); cstr. עַנְוֵי Zp 2:3 + 2 times, + Kt ענוי (Qr עֲנִיֵּי) Am 8:4 (so Jb 24:4 van d. H.; but עֲנִיֵּי Kt and Qr Baer Ginsb)—these forms shew confusion with עָנִי, which is perhaps only another form of עָנָו (otherwise Rahlfsop. cit. 62 f. Dr‘Poor’ in HastingsDB; עָנָו = humble, meek, עָנִי = pass. humbled, afflicted);— poor, needy Pr 14:21 (Qr). poor and weak, oppressed by rich and powerful Am 2:7; Is 29:19; 32:7 (Kt); ענוי (ה)ארץ ψ 76:10 Is 11:4 Zp 2:3 Am 8:4 (Kt), Jb 24:4. poor, weak and afflicted Israel (usually rendered meek) ψ 10:17; 22:26; 25:9(×2); 34:3; 37:11; 69:33 (עָנִי 3, also in all these ψψ), 147:6; 149:4 Is 61:1 (‖ נשׁברי לב, cf. 66:2 עָנִי 3), ψ 9:19 (Kt) v 13; 10:12 (Qr). humble, lowly, meek Nu 12:3 (Moses); Pr 3:34; 16:19 (both Qr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָנָו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6035/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 147:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.6/)

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מְעוֹדֵ֣ד עֲנָוִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה מַשְׁפִּ֖יל רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֲדֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].helping.up humble.\[people\] Yahweh \[he.is\].bringing.low wicked.\[people\] to \[the\].ground

*JPS 1917:* The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

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[Psalms 34:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.3/)

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בַּ֭יהוָה תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל נַפְשִׁ֑י יִשְׁמְע֖וּ עֲנָוִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* in Yahweh it.will.boast self my let.them.hear humble.\[people\] and let.them.rejoice

*JPS 1917:* My soul shall glory in the LORD; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

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