ʾānā אָנָה ‘to meet’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
a primitive root ( perhaps rather identical with ʾānā אָנָה ‘to lament’ through the idea of contraction in anguish)
Roots:
אנה
ʾānā v
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