אָנָה
ana · let happen
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H579 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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ana (אָנָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “let happen”.
Let something happen or come upon someone.
How to say it
a·na
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
- Allow something to come upon someone; come upon.
- Look for a fight.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- will befall ×2
- he is seeking a quarrel ×1
- let him fall ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 21:13
But if he did not lie in wait, but Elohim let him fall into his hand, I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
- 2 Kings 5:7
And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I Elohim, to put to death and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only know, please, and see that he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
- Psalms 91:10
no evil will befall you, nor plague come near your tent.
- Proverbs 12:21
No wickedness will befall the righteous, but the wicked are full of evil.