--- title: עָנִי — poor · The Tanakh dictionary description: עָנִי (6041), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 75 times: poor. BDB 1906: adj. poor, afflicted, humble. 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/6041.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)‎ / עָנִי‎ # עָנִי «עָנִי» 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. **Used:** 75 times · **Key:** 6041 · **BDB:** עָנִי ### Glosses poor (9); \[the\].afflicted (7); \[person\] (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) poor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6041/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. poor, afflicted, humble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6041/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** adj. poor, afflicted, humble;—ע׳ Dt 24:12 + 51 times; pl. עֲנִיִּים Is 3:15 + 6 times; cstr. עֲנִיֵּי Is 10:2 + 4 times (v. also Kt and Qr sub עָנָו supr.); sf. עֲנִיֶּיךָ ψ 72:2; 74:19, עֲנִיֶּ֑ךָ Dt 15:11; עֲנִיָּו Is 49:13; fs. עֲנִיָּה Is 51:21; 54:11 (+ Is 10:30 MT, but read עֲנִיהָ, v. I. ענה);— poor, needy, ‖ אביון Dt 15:11; 24:14, 15; Pr 31:20, ‖ יתום Jb 24:12; Ex 22:24 (E), Dt 24:12; having right to gleanings Lv 19:10; 23:22 (H); יְמֵי ע׳ Pr 15:15, cf. Pr 14:21 (Kt). poor and weak, oppressed by rich and powerful Is 3:14, 15; 32:7 (Qr), 58:7; Jb 29:12; 36:6, 15; Pr 30:14; Ec 6:8; Ez 18:17; Zc 7:10; Jb 24:4, also Am 8:4 (Qr); ‖ דל Jb 34:28; Pr 22:22; עֲנִיֵּי עַמִּי Is 10:2; ענו ואביון Jb 24:14; Pr 31:9; Je 22:16; Ez 16:49; 18:12; 22:29. poor, weak, afflicted Israel, or pious in Israel afflicted by wicked nations or the wicked in Israel itself ψ 10:2, 9(×2), 14:6 (dub., cf. ψ 53:6) 102:1 (or n.pr.), Is 14:32; Hb 3:14; of Zion, עֲנִיָּה Is 51:21; 54:11; שׁד ע׳ ψ 12:6; יחיד וע׳ 25:16; עני ואביון 35:10; 37:14; 40:18 = 70:6, 74:21; 86:1; 109:16, 22, pl. Is 41:17; עני וְכוֹאֵב ψ 69:30; ע׳ וָרָשׁ 82:3; עֱנוּת ע׳ 22:25; ע׳ וְג̇וֵעַ 88:16 ‖ דל Is 26:6 Zp 3:12; ע׳ וּנְכֵה־רוּחַ Is 66:2;—Zc 11:7, 11 v. ii. כְּנַעֲנִי;—God does not forget them ψ 9;13 (Kt)19 (Qr) 10:12 (Kt) 74:19, but has pity on them Is 49:13, saves ψ 34:7, delivers 35:10, and bestows various favours 68:11; 140:13, the king also judges 72:2, 4, and delivers 72:12. humble, lowly, Zc 9:9 (victorious king); opp. לֵצִים Pr 3:34 (Kt); opp. גֵּאִים 16:19 (Kt); עם עני opp. עינים רמות ψ 18:28 = 2 S 22:28. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 71 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «עָנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6041/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 36:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.6/) לֹא־יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃ *Word for word:* not he.preserves.alive \[the\].wicked and.\[the\] justice of.afflicted.\[people\] he.gives *JPS 1917:* He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right. [Psalms 14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.6/) עֲצַת־עָנִ֥י תָבִ֑ישׁוּ כִּ֖י יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].plan of.\[the\].poor you.will.put.to.shame (dm) Yahweh refuge \[is\].his *JPS 1917:* Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge. - ← previous: [עֳנִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6040.md) - next →: [עֻנִּי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6042.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-4.md)