Lexical Definition

‎עָנָה‎ ʻânâh (aw-naw') to dwell ^H:V
a primitive root

give account, afflict (by mistake for ‎עָנָה‎), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for ‎עָנָה‎), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also ‎בֵּית עֲנוֹת‎, ‎בֵּית עֲנָת‎.

• properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention
• by implication, to respond
• by extension to begin to speak
• specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to answer, respond to
1a2) to testify, respond as a witness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to make answer
1b2) to be answered, receive answer
2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully
3) (Qal) to dwell

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Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: a.nah (‎ע‎ֲ‎נ‎ָ‎ה‎ "to answer" עֲנָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עֲנָה
[‎עוּן‎] verb dwell (probably; √ of following; Arabic , is support, help, see especially Fl^{Kl. Schr. i. 87 ff.}); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive ‎וְעָנָה֫‎ (read ‎וְעָ֫נָה‎ ?) Isa 13:22 and jackals shall dwell, etc. (on agreement see Ges^{«GKC:145k»§ 145k}; || ‎שׁכן‎ vIsa 13:21), so ᵐ5 Buhl; Che^Heb.Hpt.124 ‎וְשָֽׁכְנוּ‎; > ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵑ9 and others √ IV. ‎ענה‎. — Ps 87:7 see ‎מַעְיָן‎.

I. ‎עָנָה‎ verb answer, respond (Late Hebrew id., respond, make response; ᵑ7 ‎עֲנָא‎; Syriac , Old Aramaic, Palmyrene ‎ענה‎; compare Arabic , , intend by saying); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Mic 6:5 +; suffix ‎עָנַנִי‎ 1Sam 28:15 +, ‎עָנָךְ‎ Isa 30:19; Jer 23:37, ‎עָנָהוּ‎ 1Sam 9:17 +; 1 singular ‎עָנִיתִי‎ Hos 14:9*, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַעֲנֶה‎ Gen 41:16 +, ‎וַיַּעַן‎ Amos 7:14 +, suffix ‎יַעֲנֵנִי‎ Job 20:3 +, etc.; Imperative ‎עֲנֵה‎ Mic 6:3; Prov 26:5 etc.; Infinitive construct ‎עֲנוֺת‎ Gen 45:3 + [2Sam 22:36](/btb/not_created.html) see ‎עֲנָוָה‎]; Participle ‎עֹנֶה‎ Judg 19:28 +, etc.; —

1. answer, respond to something said, actual or implied, Judg 8:8; 1Sam 4:20; Job 9:15 +; especially
a. of men, with accusative of person Gen 45:3 (E), Judg 5:29; 2Kgs 18:36 = Isa 36:21; Job 5:1 + very often (c. 110 t.); specifically be responsive, i.e. answer kindly, grant request 1Kgs 12:7 (suffix person); = be amenable, docile (toward ‎׳‎‎י‎) Hos 2:17* (of Israel in figure); seldom and late, with accusative of thing replied to, Job 32:12; Job 33:13 (De Di Bu), Job 40:2.
b. of God answering (graciously): usually with accusative of person; by oracle 1Sam 14:37; 1Sam 28:6; 1Sam 28:15 +, figurative Hab 2:11 by deed 1Sam 7:9; 1Kgs 18:37 (twice in verse), compare ‎בָּאֵשׁ‎ v1Kgs 18:24; 1Chr 21:26, and especially Hos 2:23*; Hos 2:24*; Hos 14:9*, see also Mic 3:4; Isa 41:17; Isa 49:8; Jer 33:3; Job 12:4 +, especially Psalms, e.g. Job 3:5; Job 4:2; Job 20:2 + 33 t., etc. (in all approximately 77 t.).
c. rarely with accusative, or clause, of answer: ‎אֶתשְֿׁלוֺם פַּרְעֹה‎ ‎׳‎‎אלהים יַע‎ Gen 41:16; Job 15:2; Prov 18:23; Neh 8:6 they responded, Amen ! 2Sam 19:43* they made reply against Israel (with ‎עַל‎ against, only here), + quoted answer; with accusative of person + answer 1Sam 20:28 Jonathan answered Saul, David asked leave, etc.; with 2. accusative (c. 20 t.) 2Kgs 18:36 = Isa 36:21; Job 23:5 +; so = grant, vouchsafe to, ‎נוֺרָאוֺת תַּעֲנֵנוּ‎ Ps 65:6* terrible things dost thou [‎׳‎‎י‎] vouchsafe to us.
d. often + ‎אָמַר‎ Gen 18:27 Abraham answered and said, Exod 4:1 (J), Exod 19:8 (E), Job 4:1; Job 6:1 etc.; + ‎אָמַר אֶלֿ‎ Gen 27:39 + 16 t.; + ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ vGen 27:37 + 8 t.; ‎׳‎‎י‎ + accusative of person + ‎אמר‎, 1Sam 9:8 he answered Saul and said, + 23t. (in all approximately 130 t.); seldom + ‎לֵאמֹר‎ Num 32:31 (P), ‎׳‎‎ע‎ + accusative of person + ‎׳‎‎עא‎ Gen 23:5; Gen 23:10; Gen 23:14 (P), Gen 41:16; Gen 42:22 (E), Josh 1:16 (D) .
e. seldom + ‎דִּבֶּר‎ Josh 22:21 (P), 2Kgs 1:10; 2Kgs 1:11; 2Kgs 1:12 ‎׳‎‎ע‎ + accusative of person + ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Gen 34:13 (P).

2. a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances : 1Sam 9:17 (accusative of person + quotation), Judg 18:14 ( + ‎אָמַר‎), Num 11:28 (J E; + id.), 2Kgs 1:11 (+ id.), + 19 t. b figurative ‎יַעֲנֶה אֶתהַֿכֹּל‎ Eccl 10:19 money meets all demands.

3. a. specifically respond as a witness, testify, so perhaps participle‎עֹנֶה‎ (absolute) Mal 2:12 (in good sense); with ‎בְּ‎ person= in the case of = for Gen 30:33 usually against, 1Sam 12:3; 2Sam 1:16; Isa 3:9; Isa 59:12; Mic 6:3; Jer 14:7; Num 35:30 (P), Ruth 1:21 (>Be be occupied with, II.‎ענה‎; Vrss Luth Kit^Kau ‎עִנָּה‎ humiliate); with ‎בְּפָנָיו‎ Hos 5:5; Hos 7:10; Job 16:8 with ‎לְפָנָיו‎ Deut 31:21 (+ ‎לְעֵד‎ as witness); with ‎בְּ‎ person + accusative of charge, ‎סָרָה‎ Deut 19:16, of false witness ‎שֶׁקֶר‎ vDeut 19:18, ‎עֵדשֶֿׁקֶר‎ Exod 20:16 (Ginsb vExod 20:13), || Deut 5:17; Prov 25:18: absolute (bad implication) Exod 23:2 (E; ‎עַל‎ concerning).
b. less often make response as one accused (respondent) Job 9:14; Job 9:15. Niph`al 1. make answer, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, with ‎ל‎ person, Perfect 1 singular ‎נַעֲנֵיתִי‎ Ezek 14:4 Participle ‎נַעֲנֶה‎ (Qal not in Ezekiel).

2. be answered: Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יֵעָנֶה‎,
a. Job 11:2 (subject words).
b. of man = receive answer Prov 21:3, so 1 singular ‎אֵעָנֶה‎ Job 19:7. Hiph`il Participle ‎מַעֲנֶה בְּשִׂמְחַת לִבּוֺ‎ Eccl 5:19*, wholly dubious; Hi (God) causes (all things) to respond in the joy of his heart; De answers to the joy, etc.; de Jong Wild occupies him (II. ‎עָנָה‎) with the joy, etc.

IV. ‎עָנָה‎ verb sing (Arabic sing, chant, singing, chanting, etc.; Syriac sing responsively, hymn, refrain; possibly Assyrian enû, resound (?); Egyptian anni is loan-word according to Bondi⁸⁰); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְעָנוּ‎ consecutive Jer 51:14 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַעַנֶה‎ Jer 25:30 3 feminine singular ‎וַתַּעַן‎ Exod 15:21 3 feminine plural ‎וַתַּעֲנֶינָה‎ 1Sam 18:7, etc.; Imperative ‎עֱנוּ‎ Num 21:17; Ps 147:7 Infinitive construct ‎עֲנוֺת‎ Exod 32:18 (twice in verse); — sing, utter tunefully, Exod 15:21 (E) and Miriam sang to (‎ל‎) them; of uttering shout (‎הֵידָד‎), as in vintage Jer 25:30 (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject; + ‎אֶלֿ‎ person), in attack Jer 51:14 (+ ‎עַלֿ‎ person); (‎חֲלוּשָׁה‎) ‎קוֺל עֲנוֺת גְּבוּרָה‎ Exod 32:18 (twice in verse) (E); with ‎ל‎ of thing or person laudation Num 21:17 (J E; well); Ps 147:7 (‎׳‎‎י‎; || ‎זַמְּרוּ‎), Ezra 3:11 + ‎אָמַר‎ 1Sam 18:7 the women sang, and said; ‎יַעֲנוּ בַמְּחֹלוֺת לֵאמֹר‎ 1Sam 21:12*; 1Sam 29:5 with accusative of thing laudation Ps 119:172 (compare || vPs 119:171). — Isa 14:22 see ‎עון‎ Pi`el intensive: Imperative ‎עַנּוּלָֿהּ‎ Isa 27:2 sing sweetly of it; Infinitive ‎קוֺל עַנּוֺת‎ Exod 32:18 (E) the sound of distinct singing; compare ‎לְעַנּוֺת‎ Ps 88:1*.

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