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אֱנָשׁ אְַנָשָׁא‏ n.m. person, someone, humanity

person, someone Com. Ezra6:11 : כָל־אֱנָשׁ דִּי יְהַשְׁנֵא פִּתְגָמָא דְנָה‏ anyone who alters this order. inhabitant Com. PJ Gen19:4 : אינשין רשיעין דבקרתא‏ . sg. with pl. referent BA^Ezra. Ezra4:11 : אֱנָשׁ עֲבַר־נַהֲרָה‏ the inhabitants (or: people) of Transeuphratia. +by : household members : see also s.v. ˀnšy bytˀ Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man. GenApoc 20.17 : והואת כתשא לה ולכול אנש ביתה‏ it was afflicting him and all his household.

Man, humanity (usually in the emphatic) BA^Dan, Qumran, JLAtg, Syr. Dan5:5 : אֶצְבְּעָן דִּי יַד־אֱנָשׁ‏ fingers of a human hand. GenApoc 6.26 : לאנשא ולבעירא ולחי֗ו֗תא לעופא‏ . TgJ Jer27:5 : אֲנָא בְמֵימְרִי עֲבַדִית יָת אַרעָא יָת אֲנָשָא וְיָת בְעִירָא דְעַל אַפֵי אַרעָא‏ . sg. with pl. agreement JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Is41:11 : יֵיבְדוּן אְנָש דִינָך‏ your opponents shall disappear. TgJ Is41:12 : וְלָא תַשכְחִינוּן לַאְנָש מַצוּתָך‏ [=MT: וְלֹא תִמְצָאֵם אַנְשֵׁי מַצֻּתֶךָ]. anyone Com^-OA. 4QLevi^car1..3 : ٠٠٠]ת אף דן בלבבי ולכל אנש לא [٠٠٠‏ [I kept] this too in my heart and did not [reveal] it to anyone. TgO Gen2:5 : וַאֲנָש לֵית לְמִפלַח יָת אֲדַמתָא‏ while there was not anyone to work the land. PJ Gen13:11 : ואתפרשו אינש מעל אחוי‏ they separated from each other. absolute with negative verb: no one Com. TgJ 1Sam21:3 : אְנָש לָא יִדַע מִדָעַם יָת פִתגָמָא‏ let no one know anything about the matter. PJ Gen2:5 : ואינש לא אית למיפלח ית אדמתא‏ there being no one to work the ground.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 66b; DJBA: 120a; Jastrow: 53; Levy Ch-W: 1:43; Tal Sam: 52; DNWSI: 84; DJA: 32a; Cook,Qumran: 17;

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Derivatives:

ˀnšy bytˀ, ˀnš bytˀ n.m.pl. members of a household; wife

br ˀnš/brnš, br ˀnšˀ/brnšˀ (bar ˀĕnāš/barnāš, barnāšā) n.m. human, person

brt ˀnš, brt ˀnšˀ (baṯ nāš, baṯ nāšā) n.f. woman; person

klnš, kl ˀn$ (kulnāš, kul ˀĕnāš) pron. anyone, everyone