אֲנַחְנָא

Biblical Aramaic

we — used 4 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

we tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲנַ֫חְנָא: pr. pl. tree →

The whole BDB entry

(Ezr 4:16 אֲנַ֫חְנָה) pr. 1 pl. we (Egyptian Aramaic RÉS361 S-CPap. אנחנה; BH אֲנַחְנוּ; WCG 100 f.), Dn 3:16, 17; Ezr 4:16 (after ptcp.), 5:11.

Jastrow 1903

אֲנַחְנָא

The whole Jastrow entry

pl. of אֲנָא, אֲנִי.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: we (4).

In the verses

Daniel 3:16 · tree →

עֲנ֗וֹ שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ וְאָמְרִ֖ין לְמַלְכָּ֑א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר לָֽא־חַשְׁחִ֨ין אֲנַ֧חְנָה עַל־דְּנָ֛ה פִּתְגָ֖ם לַהֲתָבוּתָֽךְ׃

Word for word: they.replied Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego and [they.were].saying to the king O.Nebuchadnezzar not [are].needing we concerning this affair to send back.to.you

JPS 1917: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king: 'O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

Daniel 3:17 · tree →

הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י אֱלָהַ֙נָא֙ דִּֽי־אֲנַ֣חְנָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין יָכִ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָא מִן־אַתּ֨וּן נוּרָ֧א יָקִֽדְתָּ֛א וּמִן־יְדָ֥ךְ מַלְכָּ֖א יְשֵׁיזִֽב׃

Word for word: if there [is].our God whom we [are].paying.reverence [is].being.able to deliver us from the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning and from hand your O king he.will.deliver

JPS 1917: If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, He will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and out of thy hand, O king.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 174 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 34 times there, in the forms אֲנַחְנָא (31); וַאֲנַחְנָא (2); דַאֲנַחְנָא (1).

Genesis 50:18 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַאֲזָלוּ אַף אֲחוֹהִי וּנְפָלוּ קֳדָמוֹהִי וַאֲמָרוּ הָא אֲנַחְנָא לָךְ לְעַבְדִין

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ גַּם־אֶחָ֔יו וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ לְךָ֖ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃

Word for word: and they.went also brothers his and they.fell before him and they.said here we [belong].to you to slaves

JPS 1917: And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: 'Behold, we are thy bondmen.'

Genesis 42:11 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

כֻּלָּנָא בְּנֵי גַּבְרָא חַד נָחְנָא כֵּיוָנֵי אֲנַחְנָא לָא הֲווֹ עַבְדָיךְ אַלִּילֵי

כֻּלָּ֕נוּ בְּנֵ֥י אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד נָ֑חְנוּ כֵּנִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ לֹא־הָי֥וּ עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים׃

Word for word: of.us all [are].sons of.a.man one we [are].honest we not they.are servants your spies

JPS 1917: We are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.'

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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