Pi`el Infinitive construct suffix with accusative of cognate meaning with verb עַלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳ בְּעַנְנִי ע Gen 9:14 ( P ) when I bring clouds, etc.

Po`el. practice soothsaying (probably denominative, but original meaning dubious; connection with I. עָנָן (De ^{Isa 2:6} ) now generally abandoned; Löw^{ZMG xxxi (1877), 539} compare עַיִן eye, so We^{Skizzen iii. 148} (but see below); RS^{JPhil xiv (1885), 119 f.} compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 3971] nasal twang, hum of insects, whence diviners as crooning; Ew Gerber^{31 of diviner as} interpreting hum of insects, whisper of leaves, etc.; We^{Heid. 2, 204 now} compare [untranscribed source text 3972] appear, i. e. dealers in phenomena); — Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וְעוֺנֵן 2Kgs 21:6 = 2Chr 33:6 Imperfect 2 masculine plural וְלֹא תְעוֺנֵ֑נוּ Lev 19:26 ( H ); Participle as substantive מְעוֺנֵן Deut 18:10 (forbidden), plural מְעֹנְנִים Deut 18:14, ׳ מְעוֺ Mic 5:11, אֵלוֺן מְעוֺנְנִים Judg 9:37 (see I. אֵלוֺן ; seat of an oracle, compare RS^{Sem i. 179 2nd ed. 196}); also (without מְ, compare Sta^{§ 233} Kö^{i. 349}) עֹנְנִים Isa 2:6, suffix עֹנְנֵיכֶם Jer 27:9 feminine singular in בְּנֵי עֹנְנָה Isa 57:3 sons of a soothsaying woman, figurative of apostates. — see כִּשֵּׁף , II. [נָחַשׁ], [קָסַם].