ענן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־נ־ן (ʿ-n-n)
2 terms

Compare Aramaic עֲנָנָא (ʿănānā) and Arabic عَنَانَة (ʕanāna).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕaːˈnaːn/, [ʕaːˈnaːn]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕɔˈnɔn/, [ʕɔːˈnɔːn]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)aˈnan/

Noun

עָנָן • (anán) m (plural indefinite עֲנָנִים, singular construct עֲנַן־, plural construct עַנְנֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. cloud

Declension

Declension of עָנָן

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	עָנָן	first	עֲנָנִי		עֲנָנֵנוּ
	definite	הָעָנָן	second	עֲנָנְךָ	עֲנָנֵךְ	עֲנַנְכֶם	עֲנַנְכֶן
	construct	עֲנַן־	third	עֲנָנוֹ	עֲנָנָהּ	עֲנָנָם	עֲנָנָן
plural	indefinite	עֲנָנִים	first	ענניי / עֲנָנַי		עֲנָנֵינוּ
	definite	הָעֲנָנִים	second	עֲנָנֶיךָ	עננייך / עֲנָנַיִךְ	עַנְנֵיכֶם	עַנְנֵיכֶן
	construct	עַנְנֵי־	third	עֲנָנָיו	עֲנָנֶיהָ	עַנְנֵיהֶם	עַנְנֵיהֶן

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