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title: אָנַשׁ — be weak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָנַשׁ (605), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be weak. BDB 1906: vb. be weak, sick. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָנַשׁ

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«אָנַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be weak** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 605 · **BDB:** אָנַשׁ

### Glosses

he.was.sick (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/605/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weak, sick [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/605/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be weak, sick (Assyrian anâšu ZimBP 56, 70; Wetzst in DePsalmen, ed. 4, 882 der. from II. אנשׁ per antiphrasin; DlPr 160 identified with III. אנשׁ; v. also DePsalmen, ed. 4, 904; so LagBN 60, who comp. سَيْف أَنِيث, weichliches d.h. stumpfes Schwert. It seems safer at present to keep the three distinct). Pt. pass. אָנוּשׁ Jb 34:6 +; אֲנוּשָׁה Je 15:18; Mi 1:9 \& so read ψ 69:21 (Bi Che) etc.; as adj. incurable, of wound, but metaph. (מַכָּה) Mi 1:9; Je 15:18; cf. Jb 34:6 (חֵץ), Je 30:12 (שֵׁבֶר; ‖ נַחְלָה מַכָּה); so כְּאֵב אָנוּשׁ Is 17:11; cf. Je 30:15 (מַכְאֹב); cf. יוֹם אָנוּשׁ 17:16; also in phr. עָקֹב הַלֵּב מִכֹּל וְאָנֻשׁ הוּא Je 17:9. Impf. וַיֵּאָנַ֑֯שׁ 2 S 12:15 be sick, of child.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָנַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/605/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.15/)

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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ נָתָ֖ן אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ וַיִּגֹּ֣ף יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־הַיֶּ֜לֶד אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֧ה אֵֽשֶׁת־אוּרִיָּ֛ה לְדָוִ֖ד וַיֵּאָנַֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Nathan to house his and he.struck Yahweh (et) the child whom she.had.borne the.wife of.Uriah to David and he.was.sick

*JPS 1917:* And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it was very sick.

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