עוני

Hebrew

Root
ע־נ־ה (ʿ-n-h)

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Noun

עוני / עֹנִי \ עֳנִי • ('óni / 'oní) m (singular construct עוני / עֹנִי \ עֳנִי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. poverty (the quality or state of being indigent)
2. affliction
   • Tanach, Genesis 29:32, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַתַּהַר לֵאָה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ רְאוּבֵן כִּי אָמְרָה כִּי־רָאָה יְהוָה בְּעָנְיִי כִּי עַתָּה יֶאֱהָבַנִי אִישִׁי׃

     vatáhar le'á vatéled bén vatikrá sh'mó r'uvén kí 'am'rá ki-ra'á YHVH b'onyí kí 'atá ye'ehaváni 'ishí.
     wattáhar lēʾā wattḗleḏ bēn wattiqrā šəmō rəʾūḇēn kī ʾāmərā kī-rāʾā YHWH bəʿonyī kī ʿattā yeʾĕhāḇánī ʾīšī.

     And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said: ‘Because the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.’

   • Tanach, Exodus 3:7, with translation of the King James Version:

     רָאֹה רָאִיתִי אֶת עֳנִי עַמִּי אֲשֶׁר בְּמִצְרָיִם

     ra'ó ra'íti 'et 'oní 'amí 'ashér b'mitsráyim

     I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt