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title: ענה — sing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: ענה (lemma:ענה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sing. BDB 1906: vb. sing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# ענה

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«ענה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sing** — 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:** lemma:ענה · **BDB:** עָנָה⁴

### Glosses

it.will.sing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5e0_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5e0_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sing (Arabic عَنَّى sing, chant, غِنَآءٌ singing, chanting, etc.; Syriac ܥܰܢܺܝ sing responsively, ܥܽܘܢܺܝܬܳܐ hymn, refrain; poss. Assyrian enû, resound (?); Egyptian anni is loan-word according to Bondi80);— Pf. 3 ms. וְעָנוּ consec. Je 51:14; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲנֶה Je 25:30; 3 fs. וַתַּעַן Ex 15:21; 3 fpl. וַתַּעֲנֶינָה 1 S 18:7, etc.; Imv. עֱנוּ Nu 21:17 ψ 147:7; Inf. cstr. עֲנוֹת Ex 32:18(×2);—sing, utter tunefully, Ex 15:21 (E) and Miriam sang to (ל) them; of uttering shout (הֵידָד), as in vintage Je 25:30 (י׳ subj.; + אֶל־ pers.), in attack 51:14 (+ עַל־ pers.); קוֹל עֲנוֹתגְּבוּרָה(חֲלוּשָׁה) Ex 32:18(×2) (E) Ho 2:17; c. ל rei v. pers. laudat. Nu 21:17 (JE; well); ψ 147:7 (י׳; ‖ זַמְּרוּ), Ezr 3:11; + אָמַר 1 S 18:7 the women sang, and said; יַעֲגוּ בַמְּחֹלוֹת לֵאמֹר 21:12; 29:5; c. acc. rei laudat. ψ 119:172 (cf. ‖ v 171).—Is 13:22 v. עון. intens.: Imv. עַנּוּ־לַהּ Is 27:2 sing sweetly of it; Inf. קוֹל עַנּוֹת Ex 32:18 (E) the sound of distinct singing; cf. לְעַנּוֹת ψ 88:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «ענה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5e0_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.22/)

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וְעָנָ֤ה אִיִּים֙ בְּאַלְמנוֹתָ֔יווְתַנִּ֖ים בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי עֹ֑נֶג וְקָר֤וֹב לָבוֹא֙ עִתָּ֔הּ וְיָמֶ֖יהָ לֹ֥א יִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.sing hyenas in palaces its and jackals in.\[the\] palaces of.delight and.\[is\] near to go time its and days its not they.will.be.prolonged

*JPS 1917:* And jackals shall howl in their castles, and wild-dogs in the pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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