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H579 - אָנָה - ʼânâh - aw-naw' - Befall

Original: אָנָה

Transliteration: ʼânâh

Phonetic: aw-naw'

Short 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 through the idea of contraction in anguish]

TWOT entry: 126

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H8385

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