אנוש

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־נ־שׁ (ʾ-n-sh)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Max Wagner thinks it is an old borrowing from Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš) under Hebraization of the vocalism.

Noun

אֱנוֹשׁ • (enósh) m (plural indefinite אנשים)

1. (poetic, mainly used in constructions) human, man, person, mortal

   מַשְׁאַבֵּי אֱנוֹשׁ ― mash'abé enósh ― human resources

   • Tanach, Job 7:17, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     מָֽה־אֱנֹושׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּֽךָ׃

     What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,

   • Tanach, Psalms 55:13, with translation of the New International Version:

     וְאַתָּה אֱנֹושׁ כְּעֶרְכִּי אַלּוּפִי וּמְיֻדָּֽעִי׃

     But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,

   • Tanach, Psalms 104:15:

     וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח לְֽבַב־אֱנֹושׁ […]

     v'yaín y'samákh leváv-enósh

     and wine will make a person's heart happy

   • a. 175 B.C.E., Sirach 37:25

     חיי אנוש ימים מספר.

     The days of human life are numbered.

   • a. 1138, Moses ibn Ezra, [אֱמֶת, תַּאְווֹת אֱנוֹשׁ מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים]

     אֱמֶת, תַּאְווֹת אֱנוֹשׁ מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים / וְחֶפְצָם מִן יְדֵי עַיִשׁ תְּלוּיוֹת –

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1930, Hayim Nahman Bialik, אגדת שלושה וארבעה (נוסח ב):

     מעולם לא דרכה רגל אנוש עפר האי וצי שיט לא קרב אל גבולו, […]

     Never has a human foot steped on the dirt of the island and no navy sailed near to its border, […]

Usage notes

• The word is generally used collectively, that is for the whole human race.

Derived terms

• אֱנוֹשִׁי (enoshí)
• אֱנוֹשׁוּת (enoshút)
• בֶּן אֱנוֹשׁ (ben enósh)
• מַשְׁאַבֵּי אֱנוֹשׁ (mash'abé enósh)
• יַחֲסֵי אֱנוֹשׁ (yakhasé enósh)

Proper noun

אֱנוֹשׁ • (enósh) m

1. Enos (a grandson of Adam), also Enosh
2. a male given name: Enosh

Adjective

אָנוּשׁ • (anúsh) (feminine אֲנוּשָׁה, masculine plural אֲנוּשִׁים, feminine plural אֲנוּשׁוֹת)

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Pronunciation

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1. mortal, fatal
2. badly sick, close to death

References

• Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, pages 26–27

Anagrams

• נושא, נשוא, שנוא