ענן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־נ־ן (ʿ-n-n)

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. 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