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# אֲנַחְנָא

Biblical Aramaic

**we** — used 4 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

we [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b7_5d7_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲנַ֫חְנָא: pr. pl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b7_5d7_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (Ezr 4:16 אֲנַ֫חְנָה) pr. 1 pl. we (Egyptian Aramaic RÉS361 S-CPap. אנחנה; BH אֲנַחְנוּ; WCG 100 f.), Dn 3:16, 17; Ezr 4:16 (after ptcp.), 5:11.

### Jastrow 1903

אֲנַחְנָא

**The whole Jastrow entry:** pl. of אֲנָא, אֲנִי.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 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 (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: we (4).

## In the verses

[Daniel 3:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.16/#tree)

עֲנ֗וֹ שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ וְאָמְרִ֖ין לְמַלְכָּ֑א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר לָֽא־חַשְׁחִ֨ין אֲנַ֧חְנָה עַל־דְּנָ֛ה פִּתְגָ֖ם לַהֲתָבוּתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* they.replied Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego and \[they.were\].saying to the king O.Nebuchadnezzar not \[are\].needing we concerning this affair to send back.to.you

*JPS 1917:* Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king: 'O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

[Daniel 3:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.17/#tree)

הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י אֱלָהַ֙נָא֙ דִּֽי־אֲנַ֣חְנָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין יָכִ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָא מִן־אַתּ֨וּן נוּרָ֧א יָקִֽדְתָּ֛א וּמִן־יְדָ֥ךְ מַלְכָּ֖א יְשֵׁיזִֽב׃

*Word for word:* if there \[is\].our God whom we \[are\].paying.reverence \[is\].being.able to deliver us from the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning and from hand your O king he.will.deliver

*JPS 1917:* If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, He will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and out of thy hand, O king.

## In Targum Onkelos

Number 174 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 34 times there, in the forms אֲנַחְנָא (31); וַאֲנַחְנָא (2); דַאֲנַחְנָא (1).

[Genesis 50:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.50.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.50.18/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַאֲזָלוּ אַף אֲחוֹהִי וּנְפָלוּ קֳדָמוֹהִי וַאֲמָרוּ הָא אֲנַחְנָא לָךְ לְעַבְדִין

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ גַּם־אֶחָ֔יו וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ לְךָ֖ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.went also brothers his and they.fell before him and they.said here we \[belong\].to you to slaves

*JPS 1917:* And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: 'Behold, we are thy bondmen.'

[Genesis 42:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.11/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

כֻּלָּנָא בְּנֵי גַּבְרָא חַד נָחְנָא כֵּיוָנֵי אֲנַחְנָא לָא הֲווֹ עַבְדָיךְ אַלִּילֵי

כֻּלָּ֕נוּ בְּנֵ֥י אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד נָ֑חְנוּ כֵּנִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ לֹא־הָי֥וּ עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* of.us all \[are\].sons of.a.man one we \[are\].honest we not they.are servants your spies

*JPS 1917:* We are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b7_5d7_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d0.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_5b7_5d7_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d0/): 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).