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# עָנָו

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6035

**poor** — used 21 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

poor [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6035/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָנָו: n.m. poor, afflicted, humble, meek [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6035/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (?; LagBN 48) n.m. poor, afflicted, humble, meek;—עָנָו Nu 12:3 (Kt; Qr עָנָיו is to ensure the—ָ according to Di Köii 1, 76); elsewhere pl. עֲנָוִים Is 29:19 + 11 times + Kt עֲנָוִים Is 32:7 ψ 9:19 (Qr עֲנִיִּים); Qr עֲנָוִים ψ 9:13; 10:12 Pr 3:34; 14:21; 16:19 (Kt עניים); cstr. עַנְוֵי Zp 2:3 + 2 times, + Kt ענוי (Qr עֲנִיֵּי) Am 8:4 (so Jb 24:4 van d. H.; but עֲנִיֵּי Kt and Qr Baer Ginsb)—these forms shew confusion with עָנִי, which is perhaps only another form of עָנָו (otherwise Rahlfsop. cit. 62 f. Dr‘Poor’ in HastingsDB; עָנָו = humble, meek, עָנִי = pass. humbled, afflicted);— poor, needy Pr 14:21 (Qr). poor and weak, oppressed by rich and powerful Am 2:7; Is 29:19; 32:7 (Kt); ענוי (ה)ארץ ψ 76:10 Is 11:4 Zp 2:3 Am 8:4 (Kt), Jb 24:4. poor, weak and afflicted Israel (usually rendered meek) ψ 10:17; 22:26; 25:9(×2); 34:3; 37:11; 69:33 (עָנִי 3, also in all these ψψ), 147:6; 149:4 Is 61:1 (‖ נשׁברי לב, cf. 66:2 עָנִי 3), ψ 9:19 (Kt) v 13; 10:12 (Qr). humble, lowly, meek Nu 12:3 (Moses); Pr 3:34; 16:19 (both Qr).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: humble \[people\] (15); of humble \[people\] (3); \[the\] humble \[people\] (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 147:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.6/#tree)

מְעוֹדֵ֣ד עֲנָוִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה מַשְׁפִּ֖יל רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֲדֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].helping.up humble.\[people\] Yahweh \[he.is\].bringing.low wicked.\[people\] to \[the\].ground

*JPS 1917:* The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

[Psalms 34:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.3/#tree)

בַּ֭יהוָה תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל נַפְשִׁ֑י יִשְׁמְע֖וּ עֲנָוִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* in Yahweh it.will.boast self my let.them.hear humble.\[people\] and let.them.rejoice

*JPS 1917:* My soul shall glory in the LORD; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6035.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6035/): 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).