אָנָה
ʼânâh · aw-naw'
to approach; hence, to meet in various senses
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 (אָנָה) through the idea of contraction in anguish);
to approach; hence, to meet in various senses
- to approach
- hence, to meet in various senses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- deliver1 · 25%
- how he seeketh a quarrel1 · 25%
- befall1 · 25%
- happen1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.