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ʿănāyā עֲנָיָה ‘Anaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿūn עוּן ‘to dwell / to answer / to sing’
Roots: ענה

ʿănāyā pr n m pers
Anaiah = "Jehovah has answered"
1) a priest who helped Ezra and signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Mentioned in Nehemiah 8:4, 10:23

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