ana · I

What it means

ana (אֲנָא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “I”.

(Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. An Aramaic word with which the speaker points to himself, sometimes with emphasis.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• I ×13
• As for me ×3

Where it appears

• Ezra×2
• Daniel×14

• Ezra 6:12

  And may the Elah who has made his name dwell there overthrow every king and people who puts forth his hand to change it, to damage that house of Elah which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given an order; let it be done with diligence.”

• Ezra 7:21

  And by me, I, Artaxerxes the king, an order is given to all the treasurers who are in the other side of the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens, asks of you be done with diligence,

• Daniel 2:8

  The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you are buying time, because you have seen that the word from me is firm:

• Daniel 2:23

  To you, Elah of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for wisdom and power you have given me, and now you have made known to me what we asked of you, for the king’s matter you have made known to us.”

• Daniel 2:30

  And as for me, not by wisdom that is in me more than in all the living has this mystery been revealed to me, but so that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

• Daniel 3:25

  He answered and said, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no harm in them; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

• Daniel 4:4

  I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

• Daniel 4:7

  Then there came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and the dream I told before them, but its interpretation they did not make known to me.

• Daniel 4:9

  “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery is too hard for you, tell the visions of my dream that I saw and its interpretation.

• Daniel 4:18

  This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

• Daniel 4:30

  The king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built as a royal house by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?”

• Daniel 4:34

  And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed Illaya, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever, whose dominion is an eternal dominion, and his kingdom is with generation and generation.

• Daniel 4:37

  Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of the heavens, for all his works are truth and his ways justice, and he is able to humble those who walk in pride.

• Daniel 5:16

  But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.”

• Daniel 7:15

  As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within its sheath, and the visions of my head were troubling me.

• Daniel 7:28

  Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my color changed on me, but the matter I kept in my heart.”