Lexical Definition

‎עֲנָה‎ ʻănâh (an-aw') to answer ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎עָנָה‎

answer, speak.

• {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
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to answer, make reply
1a2) to respond

Extended Information

Aramaic of: עָנָה

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎עֲנָה‎] verb answer (see Biblical Hebrew I. ‎עָנָה‎); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎עֲנַת‎ Dan 5:10 3 masculine plural ‎עֲנוֺ‎ Dan 2:7 +; Participle active (‎עֲנָה‎ Nö^{GGA, 1884, 1021}) ‎עָנֵה‎ Dan 2:5 +, plural ‎עָנַיִן‎ (K^{§ 47 Beisp. e})) Dan 3:24 — always + ‎אמר‎ Participle, answered and said (‎ל‎ [or ‎קֳדָם‎] person usually following ‎אדר‎; following ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Dan 2:10; Dan 2:27; Dan 2:47): —

1. answer, make reply, to something said: Dan 2:5; Dan 2:7; Dan 2:8; Dan 2:10; Dan 2:27; Dan 3:16; Dan 3:24; Dan 3:25; Dan 4:16* b Dan 5:17; Dan 6:13*; Dan 6:14*.

2. respond to occasion, speak in view of a situation: Dan 2:15; Dan 2:20; Dan 2:26; Dan 3:9; Dan 3:14; Dan 3:19; Dan 3:24; Dan 3:26; Dan 3:28; Dan 4:16*a; Dan 4:27*; Dan 5:10.

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