ענן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־נ־ן (ʿ-n-n)

Compare Aramaic עֲנָנָא (ʿănānā) and Arabic عَنَانَة (a'ananah, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)aˈnan/

Noun

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

a cloud

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

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