Lexical Definition

‎עֲנָה‎ ʻĂnâh (an-aw') Anah ^N:N-F-P
probably from ‎עָנָה‎; an answer

Anah.

• § Anah = "answer"
• Anah, the name of two Edomites and one Edomitess

n pr m
1) son of Zibeon and father of Aholibamah, a wife of Esau
2) a Horite chief
n pr f
3) daughter of Zibeon

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.20
• son of: Seir (שֵׂעִיר)
• brother of: Lotan (לוֹטָן), Shobal (שׁוֹבָל), Zibeon (צִבְעוֹן), Dishon (דִּישׁוֹן), Ezer (אֶצֶר), Dishan (דִּישָׁן) and Timna (תִּמְנָע)
• father of: Dishon (דִּישׁוֹן), Oholibamah (אׇהֳלִיבָמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲנָה‎₁₂ proper name, masculine Horites: —

1. Gen 36:2 (read ‎הַחֹרִי‎ for ‎הַחִוִּי‎ see Di) vGen 36:14 vGen 36:18 vGen 36:20 vGen 36:25 vGen 36:25 vGen 36:29 = 1Chr 1:38; 1Chr 1:41.

2. ('nephew' of

1.) Gen 36:24 (twice in verse) = 1Chr 1:40. — Ανα, Α(ι)να(ν) (compare proper name, masculine ‎ען‎, Safa, Hal^{JAs 7, x, 374}).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References