אני

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

אֲנִי • (aní) m or f

  1. I (first person nominative singular pronoun, masculine and feminine)
    Synonym: אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) (archaic)
    • 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Scar (Eli Gorenstein):
      אני הרגתי את מופסה!
      aní harágti et Mufása!
      I killed Mufasa!
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Avot, section 1.14:
      הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי. מִי לִי. וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי. מָה אֲנִי. וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו. אֵימָתָי:
      hú hayá omér ím én aní li, mí li, ukh'she'aní l'atsmí, má aní, v'ím ló akhsháv, ematáy.
      He (Hillel) used to say, ‘If I am not for me, who is for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?’
See also
Hebrew personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person אֲנִי (aní),
אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1] 		אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu),
אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2]
2nd person m אַתָּה (atá) אַתֶּם (atém)
f אַתְּ (at) אַתֶּן (atén)
3rd person m הוּא (hu) הֵם (hem)[PP 3]
f הִיא (hi) הֵן (hen)[PP 3]
  1. ^ The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
  2. ^ In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.
Further reading

Noun

אֲנִי • (aní) m (no plural forms, no construct forms)

  1. (psychology, Freudian) ego
    Synonym: אגו (ego)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

אֳנִי • (oní) m

  1. defective spelling of אוני

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