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title: עֲנָת — Anath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲנָת (6067), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Anath. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲנָת

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«עֲנָת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Anath** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6067 · **BDB:** עֲנָת

### Glosses

of.Anath (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Anath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6067/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6067/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Shamgar Ju 3:31; 5:6, Αναθ (Δειναχ, Κεναθ);—v. also בֵּית עֲנוֹת, ב׳ עֲנָת (cf. Tel Am. n. pr. Anati, Wkl125, 43; Assyrian n. pr. deae Anatu (JastrRel. Bab. 153; hence) in Syria and Ph.—also Egypt—ענת (Muss-ArnoltJBL xi (1892), 80 PietschmannPhön. 149 f. HalJAs. 7, x (1877), 374; xiii (1879), 208)).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲנָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6067/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.6/)

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בִּימֵ֞י שַׁמְגַּ֤ר בֶּן־עֲנָת֙ בִּימֵ֣י יָעֵ֔ל חָדְל֖וּ אֳרָח֑וֹת וְהֹלְכֵ֣י נְתִיב֔וֹת יֵלְכ֕וּ אֳרָח֖וֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* in the.days of.Shamgar the.son of.Anath in the.days of.Jael they.ceased roads and walkers of.paths they.walked roads twisting

*JPS 1917:* In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.

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[Judges 3:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.31/)

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וְאַחֲרָ֤יו הָיָה֙ שַׁמְגַּ֣ר בֶּן־עֲנָ֔ת וַיַּ֤ךְ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ שֵֽׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֔ישׁ בְּמַלְמַ֖ד הַבָּקָ֑ר וַיֹּ֥שַׁע גַּם־ה֖וּא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and after him he.was Shamgar the.son of.Anath and he.struck.down (et) \[the\].Philistines six hundred(s) man with the.goad of.(the) cattle and he.delivered also he (et) Israel

*JPS 1917:* And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad; and he also saved Israel.

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