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# אֲנָה

Biblical Aramaic

**I** — used 16 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

I [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲנָה: pr. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** pr. 1 s. i (= Heb. אֲנִי, q.v.: Zenj. Cilic. Egyptian Aramaic אנה (Cooke 182. 194. 202; S-Coften), Nab … נה (Lzb 221); 𝔗 אנא, Syriac ܐܶܢܳܐ );—I, Dn 2:30; 4:6, 27; 5:16, before a ptcp. 3:25; 4:34, after a ptcp. (K§ 76, 2 b) 2:8 מִן־יַצִּיב יָדַע אֲנָה, v 23 4:4; sq. a n.pr. 4:1 אֲנָה נבוכדנצר שְׁלֵה הֲוֵית, v 15, 34; 7:15; Ezr 6:12; 7:21, as nom. pendens, Dn 4:31; 7:28; emphasizing a sf. (K§ 87, 3) 7:15; Ezr 7:21 (cf.S-C B 8, J 12, K 3. 5).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I (16).

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.1/#tree)

אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר שְׁלֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּבֵיתִ֔י וְרַעְנַ֖ן בְּהֵיכְלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I Nebuchadnezzar at.ease I.was in house my and flourishing in palace my

*JPS 1917:* I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

[Daniel 7:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/#tree)

אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת רוּחִ֛י אֲנָ֥ה דָנִיֵּ֖אל בְּג֣וֹא נִדְנֶ֑ה וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* it.was.distressed spirit my I Daniel in.\[the\] midst of.\[the\].sheath and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).