Lexical Definition

‎יָנָה‎ yânâh (yaw-naw') to oppress ^H:V
a primitive root

destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.

• to rage or be violent
• by implication, to suppress, to maltreat

1) to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat, vex, do wrong
1a) (Qal) to oppress, suppress
1b) (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat

See Greek: ὅμοιος · ὅμοιος · Ἰαννά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָנָה‎] verb suppress (?),oppress, maltreat (Late Hebrew Hiph`il vex with words; so Aramaic Aph`el ‎אוֺנִי‎, but also ᵑ7 for Hebrew ‎הוֺנָה‎ maltreat; Arabic is laxus, debilis fuit, IV. debilitavit, defatigavit, but connection dubious) —

Qal Imperfect 1 plural suffix ‎נִינָם‎ Ps 74:8 Participle ‎יוֺנָה‎ Jer 25:38 + 3 t. + Ps 123:4 (see below); — suppress (?) followed by accusative Ps 74:8 (text dubious); elsewhere oppress; Participle absolute as adjective ‎הָעִיר הַיּוֺנָה‎ Zeph 3:1 substantive f. collective ‎הַיּוֺנָה‎ oppressors Jer 25:38 (but read ‎חֶרֶב‎ for ‎חֲרוֺן‎, with ᵐ5 Ew Hi Gf Ke etc., as Jer 46:16; Jer 50:16); Ps 123:4 Qr ‎לִגְאֵי יוֺנִים‎ proudest oppressors (stative construct in superlative, compare Ges^{«GKC:133»§ 133}, 3, R. 1; yet most follow Kt ‎לּגּאייונים‎, and derived from ‎גַּאֲיוֺן‎ q. v. above) Hiph`il Perfect ‎הוֺנָה‎ Ezek 18:12; Ezek 18:16 ‎הוֺנוּ‎ Ezek 22:7; Ezek 22:29 Imperfect ‎יוֺנֶה‎ Ezek 18:7 2 masculine singular ‎תּיֹנֶה‎ Exod 22:20* ‎תּוֺנֶנּוּ‎ Deut 23:17* ‎יוֺנוּ‎ Ezek 45:8 ‎תּוֺנוּ‎ Lev 19:33 + 2 t.; ‎תֹּנוּ‎ Jer 22:3 Infinitive suffix ‎הוֺנֹתָם‎ Ezek 46:18 Participle ‎מוֺנַ֫יִךְ‎ Isa 49:26 — oppress, maltreat, followed by accusative, especially of ill-treatment of poor and weak, particular of the ‎גֵּר‎, the 'stranger,' sojourner, by the rich and powerful, Exod 22:20* (JE), Lev 19:33; Lev 25:14; Lev 25:17 (H), Deut 23:17*; Jer 22:3; Ezek 18:7; Ezek 18:12; Ezek 18:16; Ezek 22:7; Ezek 22:29; Ezek 45:8; Ezek 46:18 of a foreign oppressor only Isa 49:26.

‎יָנוֺחַ‎ see ‎נוח‎; ‎יָנוּם‎ see ‎נום‎.

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