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ʿānā עָנָהAbe occupied, Bto afflict’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root (possibly rather identical with ʿūn עוּן ‘to dwell / to answer / to sing’ through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
Roots: ענה ענה ענה
Variants: עָנָה, עָנָה

ʿānā v
A1) (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with
B1) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to be put down, become low
  1a2) to be depressed, be downcast
  1a3) to be afflicted
  1a4) to stoop
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to humble oneself, bow down
  1b2) to be afflicted, be humbled
 1c) (Piel)
  1c1) to humble, mishandle, afflict
  1c2) to humble, be humiliated
  1c3) to afflict
  1d4) to humble, weaken oneself
 1d) (Pual)
  1d1) to be afflicted
  1d2) to be humbled
 1e) (Hiphil) to afflict
 1f) (Hithpael)
  1f1) to humble oneself
  1f2) to be afflicted

Mentioned in Genesis 15:13, 16:6, 31:50, 16:9, 34:2 Exodus 10:3, 22:22, 22:21, 1:12, 1:11 Codex Leviticus 16:29, 23:27, 23:29, 16:31, 23:32 Numbers 24:24, 30:14, 29:7 Deuteronomy 8:3, 8:16, 22:29, 22:24, 8:2, 21:14, 26:6 Judges 16:5, 16:19, 19:24, 16:6, 20:5 2 Samuel 13:14, 13:22, 13:32, 13:12, 7:10, 22:36 1 Kings 2:26, 11:39, 8:35 2 Kings 17:20 Isaiah 58:5, 58:10, 53:4, 31:4, 60:14, 64:11, 53:7, 58:3 Ezekiel 22:10, 22:11 Nahum 1:12 Zephaniah 3:19 Zechariah 10:2 Psalms 107:17, 88:1, 89:23, 55:20, 119:75, 116:10, 119:67, 35:13, 132:1, 105:18, 119:107, 94:5, 102:24, 88:8, 119:71, 90:15 Job 30:11, 37:23 Lamentations 3:33, 5:11 Ecclesiastes 1:13, 3:10, 5:19 Daniel 10:12 Ezra 8:21 2 Chronicles 6:26

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