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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אָנָה

אָנָה

H579

Transliteration: ʼânâh

Pronunciation: aw-naw'

Definition: befall


Original: אנה

Transliteration: 'ânâh

Phonetic: aw-naw'

BDB Definition:

  1. to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune
    1. (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet
    2. (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet
    3. (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet

Origin: a primitive root [perhaps rather identical with H578" class="dictionary-topic-link">H578 through the idea of contraction in anguish]

TWOT entry: 126

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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