עִנְיָן

«עִנְיָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: occupation — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: 6045 · BDB: עִנְיָן

Glosses

business (3); a.business (2); [is].a.business (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

occupation tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. occupation, task tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Ec 1:13 occupation, task, only Ec (Aramaic loan-word LagBN 205; common in NH);—ע׳ abs. Ec 2:26; 3:10; 5:2; 8:16; sf. כַּעַס עִנְיָנוֹ 2:23 his task is (sheer) vexation; עִנְיָן רָע 1:13 an evil (worthless) task, so 4:8 (Mass. עִנְיַן as if cstr., v. Baer1, 13 but Köii. 1, 99), and, in weakened sense, 5:13 a bad business, bad affair.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עִנְיָן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 5:2

כִּ֛י בָּ֥א הַחֲל֖וֹם בְּרֹ֣ב עִנְיָ֑ן וְק֥וֹל כְּסִ֖יל בְּרֹ֥ב דְּבָרִֽים׃

Word for word: (dm) it.comes the dream with abundance of.business and.[the] voice a.fool with a.multitude of.words

JPS 1917: For a dream cometh through a multitude of business; and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־הָֽעִנְיָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: I.have.seen (et) the business which he.has.given God to the.children of.(the) humankind to be.busy with it

JPS 1917: I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

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