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H579 אָנָה (ʼânâh) aw-naw'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to meet

Strong's Definition

to approach; hence, to meet in various senses

Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 (אָנָה) through the idea of contraction in anguish);

KJV Usage: befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.

TWOT Reference: 126

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune
1a) (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet
1b) (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet
1c) (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָנָה (a.nah) — to meet. 1) to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune 1a) (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet 1b) (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet 1c) (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Grieve | verb qal | ≈ אבל · אמל

to mourn, to lament = action by which humans give expression to their grief, ◄ caused by death of a relative or friend or by extreme hardship

ISA 3:26 · ISA 19:8

verb · תַּאֲנָה

Happen | verb pu'al

to befall, to happen = process by which something happens to humans

PSA 91:10 · PRO 12:21

Happen | verb pi

Collocation: אנה לְיָד

to allow to happen literally: to cause to happen to (someone's) hand; hence: causative process by which deities cause or allow something to happen to somebody

EXO 21:13

Conflict | verb hit

to pick a quarrel = action by which humans look for an occasion to start a conflict with other humans

2KI 5:7

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אָנָה] vb. be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely Pi. cause (or allow) to meet

Pu. be allowed to meet, be sent

Hithp. cause oneself to meet, seek occasion (= seek a quarrel with)

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Bible Occurrences (4)

5:7

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