עָנָי (?; LagBN 48) noun masculine poor, afflicted, humble, meek; — עָנָו [Num 12:3] (Kt; Qr עָנָיו is to ensure the ָ֯ according to Di Köii. 1. 76); elsewhere plural עֲנָוִים [Isa 29:19] + 11 t. + Kt עֲנָוִים [Isa 32:7]; [Ps 9:19] (Qr עֲנִיִּים); Qr עֲנָוִים [Ps 9:13]; [Ps 10:12]; [Prov 3:34]; [Prov 14:21]; [Prov 16:19] (Kt עניים); construct עַנְוֵי [Zeph 2:3] + 2 t., + Kt ענוי (Qr עֲנִיֵּי) [Amos 8:4] (so [Job 24:4] van d. H.; but עֲנִיֵּי Kt and Qr Baer Ginsb) — these forms shew confusion with עָנִי, which is perhaps only another form of עָנָו (otherwise Rahlfsop. cit. 62 f. Dr'Poor' in HastingsDB; עָנָו = humble, meek, עָנִי = passive humbled, afflicted); —
1. poor, needy, [Prov 14:21] (Qr).
2. poor and weak. oppressed by rich and powerful [Amos 2:7]; [Isa 29:19]; [Isa 32:7] (Kt); ענוי (ה)ארץ [Ps 76:10]; [Isa 11:4]; [Zeph 2:3]; [Amos 8:4] (Kt), [Job 24:4].
3. poor, weak and afflicted Israel (usually rendered meek) [Ps 10:17]; [Ps 22:27]; [Ps 25:9] (twice in verse); [Ps 34:3]; [Ps 37:11]; [Ps 69:33] (עָנִי 3, also in all these Psalms), [Ps 147:6]; [Ps 149:4]; [Isa 61:1] (|| נשׁברי לב, compare [Isa 66:2] עָנִי 3), [Ps 9:19] (Kt) v[Ps 9:13]; [Ps 10:12] (Qr).
4. humble, lowly, meek [Num 12:3] (Moses); [Prov 3:34]; [Prov 16:19] (both Qr).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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