לֶ/עָנִ֑י — Proverbs 31:20 Hebrew Word Study

לֶ/עָנִ֑י

𐤋/𐤏𐤍𐤉

leani

to the poor

from עָנָה; (practically the same as עָנָו, although the margin constantly disputes this, making עָנָו subjective and objective); depressed, in mind or circumstances; afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.

H6041

Proverbs 31:20 · Word #3

Lexicon `H6041`

Lemma	עָנִי
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤏𐤍𐤉
Transliteration	ʻânîy
Strong's	H6041
In-context	to the poor

Morphology `HRd/Aamsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`A` — Adjective — Describes a noun
Subtype	`a` — Adjective — Adjective
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H6041-04`

for the afflicted one

Root	ענה (ʿ-n-h)
Core Meanings	to afflict, to humble, to bow down, to be brought low
Semantic Range	poor, afflicted, humble, lowly, oppressed, needy; one in a state of hardship either materially or socially
Conceptual Significance	עָנִי often denotes those socially or economically vulnerable, who are objects of divine concern and covenantal justice. The term emphasizes not merely poverty but a condition of being humbled or oppressed, highlighting YHWH’s care for those brought low.
Morphological Notes	Preposition לְ ("to/for") with assimilated definite article + masculine singular adjective עָנִי in the absolute state.
Rendering Rationale	The adjective עָנִי derives from the root ענה, conveying the state of one who has been humbled or brought low. The morphology (masculine singular absolute with prefixed preposition and definite article) requires a singular masculine rendering with a definite sense, hence "for the afflicted one."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root ענה (to afflict, to humble, to bow down, to be brought low)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H6030-01`	aaneh	I will respond
`H575-02`	anah	ʿAnah (“Answer” or “Response”)
`H6030-02`	anahu	he responded to him
`H6030-03`	anam	he responded to them
`H6030-04`	anani	he responded to me
`H6068-01`	anatot	Answerings (Anathoth)
`H6038-01`	anavah	lowliness
`H6032-01`	anayin	they gave answer
`H6032-02`	aneh	Answer!
`H6030-05`	aneni	Respond to me
`H6030-06`	anenu	Respond to us!
`H6030-07`	anetah	she responded
	anevey	bowed-down ones of
`H6040-01`	aneyi	my bowed-down misery
`H6030-08`	anitam	you gave answer to them
`H6030-09`	anitani	you have responded to me
`H6030-10`	anitem	you men responded
`H6030-11`	aniti	I have responded
`H6030-12`	anitikha	I have responded to you (masculine singular)
`H6041-01`	aniyah	afflicted woman
`H6041-02`	aniyey	afflicted ones of
`H6041-03`	aniyim	afflicted ones
`H6032-03`	ano	they responded
`H6030-13`	anot	to respond
	anotekha	to humble you
`H6030-14`	anu	they responded
`H1196-01`	baanah	In-Affliction (masculine proper name)
`H6068-02`	baanatot	in Anathoth (Answerings)
`H6030-15`	eaneh	I will be responded to
`H6030-16`	eeneh	I will respond
`H6030-17`	eenekha	I will respond to you
`H6030-18`	eenem	I will respond to them
`H6030-19`	eenenu	I will respond to him
`H6030-20`	enu	Respond, you men!
`H6045-01`	haineyan	the imposed occupation
`H4616-01`	halemaanekha	for the sake of you
`H6030-21`	haoneh	the responding one
`H6030-22`	haonim	the answering ones
`H6031-01`	inah	he afflicted
`H6045-02`	ineyan	occupation
`H6031-02`	inu	they brought low
`H6030-23`	laanot	to respond
`H6031-03`	leanot	to afflict, to humble
`H6031-04`	leanoto	to humble him
`H4616-02`	lemaan	for the sake of (in heed to)
`H4616-03`	lemaanekha	for the sake of you (masculine singular)
`H4616-04`	lemaanekhem	for the sake of you (masculine plural)
`H4616-05`	lemaani	for my own purpose
`H4617-01`	maaneh	a response
	meanayikhe	your afflicters
`H6030-24`	meanot	from responding
`H6040-02`	meoni	from affliction
`H6030-25`	naaneh	one being answered
`H6030-26`	naaneyti	I have been answered
`H6041-05`	nyym	afflicted men
`H6030-27`	oneh	one who answers
`H6030-28`	onehu	the one responding to him
`H6030-29`	onekha	the one responding to you (m.s.)
`H6040-03`	oni	bowed-down affliction
`H6030-30`	taan	she will respond / may you (masculine singular) respond
`H6030-31`	taaneh	you will respond (masculine singular)
`H6030-32`	taanekha	she responds to you
`H6031-05`	taanem	you will cause them to be humbled
`H6030-33`	taaneni	you will respond to me
`H6030-34`	taanenu	you will respond to us
`H6030-35`	taaneynah	they (feminine) will respond
`H6030-36`	taanuhu	you will respond to him
`H6031-06`	teaneh	you afflict
`H4616-06`	ulemaan	and for the purpose of
`H1196-02`	uvaanah	and Baʿanah (Afflicted-One)
`H6030-37`	vaaan	and I responded
`H6034-01`	vaanah	and ʿAnah ("Answer")
`H6030-38`	vaaneni	and you answered me
`H6030-39`	vaanitam	and you responded to them
`H6030-40`	vataan	And she responded
`H6030-41`	vataaneni	and you responded to me
`H6030-42`	vataaneynah	and they (women) responded
`H6030-43`	vataanu	and you all responded
`H6030-44`	vayaan	and he responded
`H6030-45`	vayaaneh	and he responded
`H6030-46`	vayaanehu	and he responded to him
`H6030-47`	vayaanem	and he responded to them
`H6030-48`	vayaaneni	and he responded to me
`H6030-49`	vayaanu	and they responded
`H6030-50`	vayaenu	and they responded
	vayeaneha	and he afflicted her
`H6030-51`	veanani	and he responded to me
`H6030-52`	veanetah	and she responded
`H6040-04`	veaneyi	in my affliction
`H6041-06`	veani	and a bowed-down one
`H6030-53`	veanita	and you shall respond
`H6030-54`	veanu	and they responded
`H6030-55`	veeeneh	and I will respond
`H6030-56`	veeenehu	and I will respond to him
`H6030-57`	veeenekha	and I will respond to you
`H6030-58`	veeenem	and I will respond to them
`H6031-07`	veinitem	and you (masculine plural) afflicted
`H6031-08`	veinu	and they will oppress
`H6030-59`	veoneh	and one responding
`H6042-01`	veuni	and Afflicted-One
`H3284-01`	yaanah	answering ostrich-hen
`H6030-60`	yaaneh	he will answer
`H6030-61`	yaanehu	he will respond to him
`H6030-62`	yaanekha	he responds to you
`H6030-63`	yaanem	he responds to them
`H6030-64`	yaanenah	he will respond to her
`H6030-65`	yaaneni	he responds to me
`H6030-66`	yaanenu	he will respond to him
`H6030-67`	yaanu	they will respond
`H6030-68`	yaanukhah	they will respond to you
`H6030-69`	yeaneh	he will be answered

Word Usage (79 occurrences of H6041)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 22:24	הֶֽ/עָנִי֙	heani	the poor
Leviticus 19:10	לֶֽ/עָנִ֤י	leani	for the poor
Leviticus 23:22	לֶֽ/עָנִ֤י	leani	for-the-poor
Deuteronomy 15:11	לַ/עֲנִיֶּ֛/ךָ	laaniyekha	to your poor
Deuteronomy 24:12	עָנִ֖י	ani	poor
Deuteronomy 24:14	עָנִ֣י	ani	poor
Deuteronomy 24:15	עָנִי֙	ani	poor
2 Samuel 22:28	עָנִ֖י	ani	afflicted
Isaiah 3:14	הֶֽ/עָנִ֖י	heani	the poor
Isaiah 3:15	עֲנִיִּ֖ים	aniyim	of the poor
Isaiah 10:2	עֲנִיֵּ֣י	aniyey	of the poor
Isaiah 10:30	עֲנִיָּ֥ה	aniyah	poor
Isaiah 14:32	עֲנִיֵּ֥י	aniyey	afflicted-of
Isaiah 26:6	עָנִ֖י	ani	the poor
Isaiah 32:7	עֲנִיִּים֙	aniyim	the needy/poor
Isaiah 41:17	הָ/עֲנִיִּ֨ים	haaniyim	the afflicted
Isaiah 49:13	וַ/עֲנִיָּ֖/ו	vaaniyav	His afflicted
Isaiah 51:21	עֲנִיָּ֑ה	aniyah	afflicted
Isaiah 54:11	עֲנִיָּ֥ה	aniyah	afflicted-one
Isaiah 58:7	וַ/עֲנִיִּ֥ים	vaaniyim	and poor
Isaiah 66:2	עָנִי֙	ani	humble
Jeremiah 22:16	עָנִ֥י	ani	poor
Ezekiel 16:49	עָנִ֥י	ani	of the poor
Ezekiel 18:12	עָנִ֤י	ani	poor
Ezekiel 18:17	מֵ/עָנִ֞י	meani	from the poor
Ezekiel 22:29	וְ/עָנִ֤י	veani	and the poor
Amos 8:4	עֲנִיֵּי	aniyey	poor
Habakkuk 3:14	עָנִ֖י	ani	the poor
Zephaniah 3:12	עָנִ֖י	ani	humble
Zechariah 7:10	וְ/עָנִ֖י	veani	and poor
Zechariah 9:9	עָנִי֙	ani	humble
Zechariah 11:7	עֲנִיֵּ֣י	aniyey	afflicted
Zechariah 11:11	עֲנִיֵּ֤י	aniyey	the poor of
Psalms 9:13	עניים	nyym	humble
Psalms 9:19	עֲ֝נִיִּ֗ים	aniyim	the afflicted
Psalms 10:2	עָנִ֑י	ani	the-poor
Psalms 10:9	עָנִ֑י	ani	the poor
Psalms 10:9	עָ֝נִ֗י	ani-2	the poor
Psalms 10:12	עניים	nyym	the afflicted
Psalms 12:6	עֲנִיִּים֮	aniyim	of the poor
Psalms 14:6	עָנִ֥י	ani	poor
Psalms 18:28	עָנִ֣י	ani	humble
Psalms 22:25	עָנִ֗י	ani	of the afflicted
Psalms 25:16	וְ/עָנִ֣י	veani	and afflicted
Psalms 34:7	עָנִ֣י	ani	poor man
Psalms 35:10	עָ֭נִי	ani	the afflicted
Psalms 35:10	וְ/עָנִ֥י	veani	and the afflicted
Psalms 37:14	עָנִ֣י	ani	the afflicted
Psalms 40:18	עָנִ֣י	ani	poor
Psalms 68:11	לֶ/עָנִ֣י	leani	for the poor
Psalms 69:30	עָנִ֣י	ani	am poor
Psalms 70:6	עָנִ֣י	ani	poor
Psalms 72:2	וַ/עֲנִיֶּ֥י/ךָ	vaaniyeykha	and your afflicted
Psalms 72:4	עֲֽנִיֵּי	aniyey	the afflicted
Psalms 72:12	וְ֝/עָנִ֗י	veani	and the afflicted
Psalms 74:19	עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗י/ךָ	aniyeykha	the poor
Psalms 74:21	עָנִ֥י	ani	the poor
Psalms 82:3	עָנִ֖י	ani	the afflicted
Psalms 86:1	עָנִ֖י	ani	afflicted
Psalms 88:16	עָ֘נִ֤י	ani	afflicted
Psalms 102:1	לְ/עָנִ֣י	leani	of the afflicted
Psalms 109:16	עָנִ֣י	ani	poor
Psalms 109:22	עָנִ֣י	ani	afflicted
Psalms 140:13	עָנִ֑י	ani	of-the-afflicted
Proverbs 3:34	ו/ל/עניים	vlnyym	and to the afflicted
Proverbs 14:21	עניים	nyym	the poor
Proverbs 15:15	עָנִ֣י	ani	of the afflicted
Proverbs 16:19	עניים	nyym	the poor
Proverbs 22:22	עָנִ֣י	ani	the afflicted
Proverbs 30:14	עֲנִיִּ֣ים	aniyim	the poor
Proverbs 31:9	עָנִ֥י	ani	the afflicted
Proverbs 31:20	לֶ/עָנִ֑י	leani	to the poor
Job 24:9	עָנִ֥י	ani	the poor
Job 24:14	עָנִ֥י	ani	the poor
Job 29:12	עָנִ֣י	ani	the poor
Job 34:28	עֲנִיִּ֣ים	aniyim	of the afflicted
Job 36:6	עֲנִיִּ֣ים	aniyim	to the afflicted
Job 36:15	עָנִ֣י	ani	the afflicted
Ecclesiastes 6:8	לֶּ/עָנִ֣י	leani

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Lexicon H6041

Morphology HRd/Aamsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H6041-04

Words from Root ענה (to afflict, to humble, to bow down, to be brought low)

Word Usage (79 occurrences of H6041)

Lexicon `H6041`

Morphology `HRd/Aamsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H6041-04`