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Daniel 5:16

“And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֲנָאʼănâʼ · an-aw'
H576 · Aramaic
Definition
I
Derivation
(Aramaic) or אֲנָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H589 (אֲנִי)lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי;
KJV renderings
I, as for me.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • אֲנָה֙ — personal pronoun, 1st person, common, singular
Code AC/Pp1cs
Usage
Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 6:12Ezra 7:21Daniel 2:8Daniel 2:23Daniel 2:30

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲנָא here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.