Midvash

יַעַןyaʻan

יַ֫עַן: see below I.

Pronunciation: yah'-an · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3282

Meanings

ענה

יַעַן: purpose, intention, on account of, because, properly substantive, but always used as preposition or conjunction

1. as preposition, rarely with a substantive (Ezekiel 5:9; Haggai 1:9; Ezekiel 36:13)

2. As conjunction

a. because that (Genesis 22:16; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:14)

c. because (Numbers 20:12; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 14:13)

3. יַעַן וּבְיַעַן (Leviticus 26:43; Ezekiel 13:10; Ezekiel 36:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 99 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 22:16 “This is what the Lord says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name that
  • Leviticus 26:43 For the land must be abandoned to enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will pay for their sins, for they have continually rejected my regulations and despised my decrees.
  • Numbers 11:20 You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the Lord, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”
  • Numbers 20:12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!”
  • Deuteronomy 1:36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see this land because he has followed the Lord completely. I will give to him and his descendants some of the very land he explored during his scouting mission.’
  • Joshua 14:14 Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord, the God of Israel.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).