ענן
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ע־נ־ן (ʿ-n-n) |
Compare Aramaic עֲנָנָא (ʿănānā) and Arabic عَنَانَة (a'ananah, “cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʕ)aˈnan/
Noun
עָנָן • (anán) m (plural indefinite עֲנָנִים, singular construct עֲנַן־, plural construct עַנְנֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]
- a cloud
Synonyms
- עָב (“cloud, cumulus”) (literary)
Derived terms
- מעונן / מְעֻנָּן (m'unán, “cloudy”)
- קֶשֶׁת בְּעָנָן (késhet be'anán)
References
- H6051 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
ענן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he