עָנִ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָנִ֣י

   a-NI

   of the afflicted one
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עָנִ֣י וְלֹֽא־הִסְתִּ֬יר פָּנָ֣יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ

   a-NI ve-lo-his-TTI-R pa-NAIV mi-MME-NNU

   of the afflicted one and he did not hide his face from him
3. clause🔊 כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָזָ֨ה וְלֹ֣א שִׁקַּ֔ץ עֲנ֖וּת עָנִ֣י וְלֹֽא־הִסְתִּ֬יר פָּנָ֣יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ

   KI lo-VA-ZA ve-LO shi-KKATS a-NUT a-NI ve-lo-his-TTI-R pa-NAIV mi-MME-NNU

   for he did not despise and not he abhorred the affliction of the afflicted one and he did not hide his face from him
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָזָ֨ה וְלֹ֣א שִׁקַּ֔ץ עֲנ֖וּת עָנִ֣י וְלֹֽא־הִסְתִּ֬יר פָּנָ֣יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּבְשַׁוְּעֲת֖וֹ אֵלָ֥יו שָׁמֵֽעַ׃

   KI lo-VA-ZA ve-LO shi-KKATS a-NUT a-NI ve-lo-his-TTI-R pa-NAIV mi-MME-NNU u-ve-sha-VVE-a-TO e-LAV sha-ME-a

   for he did not despise and not he abhorred the affliction of the afflicted one and he did not hide his face from him and in his crying for help to him he heard

Exegesis

The construct phrase oni ani {עֳנִי עָנִי | ʿŏ-nî ʿā-nî} uses an emphatic genitive to highlight the vulnerable one.

Root and etymology

ע־נ־ה🔊 ʿ-n-h

“to afflict”

• 🔊 עָנָהʿā-nâto be afflictedLeviticus 16:29