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עָנָי (?; LagBN 48) noun masculine
poor, afflicted, humble, meek; — עָנָו
Num 12:3 (
Kt
;
Qr
עָנָיו is to ensure the ָ֯ according to Di
Köii. 1. 76); elsewhere plural עֲנָוִים
Isa 29:19 + 11
t. +
Kt
עֲנָוִים
Isa 32:7; Ps 9:19 (
Qr
עֲנִיִּים);
Qr
עֲנָוִים
Ps 9:13; Ps 10:12; Prov 3:34; Prov 14:21;
Prov 16:19 (
Kt
עניים); construct עַנְוֵי
Zeph 2:3 + 2 t., +
Kt
ענוי (
Qr
עֲנִיֵּי)
Amos 8:4 (so
Job 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 = passive humbled, afflicted); —
1.
poor, needy, Prov 14:21 (
Qr
).
2.
poor and weak. oppressed by rich and powerful Amos 2:7; Isa 29:19; Isa 32:7 (
Kt
); ענוי (ה)ארץ
Ps 76:10;
Isa 11:4; Zeph 2:3; Amos 8:4 (
Kt
), Job 24:4
.
3.
poor, weak and afflicted Israel (usually rendered meek) Ps 10:17;
Ps 22:27;
Ps 25:9 (twice
in verse); Ps 34:3
; Ps 37:11
; Ps 69:33
(עָנִי
3, also in all these Psalms), Ps 147:6; Ps 149:4; Isa 61:1 (|| נשׁברי לב, compare
Isa 66:2
עָנִי
3), Ps
9:19 (
Kt
) Ps 9:13
; Ps 10:12
(
Qr
).
4.
humble, lowly, meek
Num 12:3
(Moses); Prov 3:34
; Prov
16:19 (both
Qr
).
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עָנִי
adjective
poor, afflicted, humble; — ׳
ע
Deut 24:12 + 51
t.; plural עֲיִּים
Isa 3:15 + 6 t.;
construct עֲנִיֵּי
Isa 10:2 + 4 t.
(see also
Kt
and
Qr
below עָנָו above); suffix עֲנִיֶּיךָ
Ps 72:2; Ps 74:19,
עֲנִיֶּ֑ךָ
Deut 15:11,
עֲנִיָּו
Isa 49:13
feminine singular עֲנִיָּה
Isa 51:21;
Isa 54:11 ( +
Isa 10:30
ᵑ0
, but read עֲנִיהָ, see I.
ענה
); —
1.
poor, needy, || אביון
Deut 15:11;
Deut 24:14.
15 Prov 31:20
, || יתום
Job 24:9; Exod 22:24 (
E
), Deut
24:12 having right to gleanings Lev 19:10; Lev 23:22 (
H
); ׳
יְמֵי ע
Prov 15:15
, compare Prov 14:21 (
Kt
).
2.
poor and weak, oppressed by the rich and powerful Isa 3:14; Isa 3:15; Isa 32:7 (
Qr
), Isa 58:7
; Isa
29:12; Isa
36:6;
Isa 36:15; Prov 30:14; Eccl 6:8; Ezek 18:17; Zech 7:10; Job 24:4, also Amos 8:4 (
Qr
); || דל
Job 34:28;
Prov 22:22
עֲנִיֵּי עַמִּי
Isa 10:2
עני ואביוך
Job 24:14;
Prov 31:9;
Jer 22:16;
Ezek 16:49
; Ezek
18:12; Ezek 22:29.
3.
poor, weak, afflicted Israel, or pious in Israel afflicted
by wicked nations or the wicked in Israel itself Ps 10:2; Ps 10:9 (twice in verse); Ps 14:6 (dubious, compare Ps 53:6) Ps 102:1 (or
proper name),
Isa 14:32; Hab 3:14 of Zion, עֲנִיָּה
Isa 51:21;
Isa 54:11
׳
שׁד ע
Ps 12:6
׳
יחיד וע
Ps 25:16
עני ואביון
Ps 35:10;
Ps 37:14;
Ps 40:18 =
Ps 70:6; Ps 74:21;
Ps 86:1; Ps 109:16
; Ps
109:22, plural Isa 41:17
עני וְכוֺאֵב
Ps 69:30
וָרָשׁ
׳
ע
Ps 82:3
׳
עֱנוּת ע
Ps 22:25
וְגֹוֵעַ
׳
ע
Ps 88:16 ||
דל
Isa 26:6; Zeph 3:12
וּנְכֵהרֿוּחַ
׳
ע
Isa 66:2 —
Zech 11:7;
Zech 11:11
see II.
כְּנַעֲנִי
; — God does not forget them Ps 9:13 (
Kt
); Ps 9:19
(
Qr
); Ps
10:12 (
Kt
) Ps
74:19, but has compassion on them Isa 49:13, saves Ps 34:7, delivers Ps 35:10, and bestows various favours Ps 68:11;
Ps 140:13
, the king also judges Ps 72:2; Ps 72:4, and delivers Ps 72:12.
4.
humble, lowly, Zech 9:9 (victorious king); opposed to לֵצִים
Prov 3:34 (
Kt
); opposed to גֵּאִים
Prov 16:19
(
Kt
); עם עני opposed to רמות עינים
Ps 18:28 =
2Sam 22:28
.
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II. ענה (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew III. ענה, עָנָו,
עָנִי).
