עננא
Aramaic
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew עָנָן (ʿānā́n) and Arabic عَنَان (ʕanān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕnɑnɑ/
Noun
עֲנָנָא • (ʕnānā) f (plural עֲנָנֵא (ʕnānē))
- cloud
- Tanach, Daniel 7:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- חָזֵה הֲוֵית בְּחֶזְוֵי לֵילְיָא וַאֲרוּ עִם־עֲנָנֵי שְׁמַיָּא כְּבַר אֱנָשׁ אָתֵה הֲוָא וְעַד־עַתִּיק יוֹמַיָּא מְטָה וּקְדָמוֹהִי הַקְרְבוּהִי׃
- I saw in the night visions, And, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven One like unto a son of man, And he came even to the Ancient of days, And he was brought near before Him.
Synonyms
- עֵיבָא (ʕēḇā)
References
- “ˁnn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, →ISBN, page 873a
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1095b
- H6050 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible