*ʕny: 'to be occupied, troubled with; to concern'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕny
Meaning'to be occupied, troubled with; to concern'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
HebrewIII ʿnh qal (Qoh 1:13, 3:10) (HALOT 854); ʿinyān (HALOT 857)HALOT 854; HALOT 857gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʿinyānā (HALOT 857)HALOT 857
Syrian Aramaicʿenyānā (Payne Smith 420) (HALOT 857)Payne Smith 420; HALOT 857gloss withheld
Arabicʿanāhu l-ʾamru; ʿanānī kaḏā (Lane 2180); ʿanā (HALOT 854)Lane 2180; HALOT 854gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 854 sets III ʿnh 'to be busy' apart from I ʿnh 'to answer' (606), II 'to be humble' (K0642) and IV 'to sing' (620); Payne Smith 419–420 and Lane 2180 file the forms in one root article with 'answer' and 'mean'. HALOT 857 takes Hebrew ʿinyān as an Aramaic loanword (Wagner 222).

Updated 26 October 2026

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