Hebrew verb · H579
אָנָה
anahaw-naw'
to meet
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼânâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H579is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H579
to approach; hence, to meet in various senses
The King James renders it: befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
anah is rendered "to meet". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 21:13If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Exodus 21:13אִנָּ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he allowed to happen1
- it happens1
- it will happen1
- seeking an opportunity1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אִנָּ֣ה1
- יְאֻנֶּ֣ה1
- מִתְאַנֶּ֥ה1
- תְאֻנֶּ֣ה1
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVPi3fs
- verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVPi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singular1HVtrmsa
Exodus
one use
If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
- אִנָּ֣הʾinahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he allowed to happen
2 Kings
one use
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
- מִתְאַנֶּ֥הmitanehverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking an opportunity
Psalms
one use
no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
- תְאֻנֶּ֣הteunehverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will happen
Proverbs
one use
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
- יְאֻנֶּ֣הyeunehverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it happens
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.