Lexical Definition

‎אָן‎ ʼân (awn) where? ^H:Intg
or אָנָה ʼânâh (aw-naw'); contracted from ‎אַיִן‎

[phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).

• where?
• hence, whither?, when?
• also hither and thither

1) where?, whither? (of place)
2) when?, until when?, how long? (of time)

See Greek: δεξιός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָן‎ adverb (contracted from I. ‎אַיִן‎) where? or whither? 1Sam 10:14 (compare 1Sam 27:10 ᵑ6 ᵑ7, see below ‎אַל‎ near the end); only besides in ‎מֵאָן‎ whence? 2Kgs 5:25 Kt (Qr ‎מֵאַיִן‎); ‎עַדאָֿן‎ of time to what point ? how long? Job 8:2. With ‎ה‎ locale: ‎אָ֫נָה‎
(a) whither ? Gen 16:8; Gen 32:18*; 2Sam 2:1; 2Sam 13:13; 2Kgs 6:6; Isa 10:3; Ps 139:7 (twice in verse) + 9 t.; in indirect sentence Josh 2:5; Neh 2:16
(b) = where ? Ruth 2:19
(c) in the phrase ‎אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה‎ any whither 1Kgs 2:36; 1Kgs 2:42; 2Kgs 5:25
(d) of time, ‎עַדאָֿ֫נָה‎ how long? Exod 16:28; Num 14:11 (twice in verse) (with ‎לֹא‎) Josh 18:3; Jer 47:6 (followed by ‎לֹא‎) Hab 1:2; Ps 13:2* (twice in verse); Ps 13:3* (twice in verse); Ps 62:4*; Job 18:2; Job 19:2 (less common than the synonym ‎עַדּ מָתַי‎).

‎אָן‎ adverb see below ‎אַי‎.

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