אנוש
Hebrew
Etymology
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א־נ־שׁ (ʾ-n-sh) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʾināš-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *nVs-. Max Wagner thinks it is an old borrowing from Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš) under Hebraization of the vocalism.
Noun
אֱנוֹשׁ • (enósh) m (no plural forms)
- (poetic, mainly used in constructions) human, man, person, mortal
- מַשְׁאַבֵּי אֱנוֹשׁ ― mash'abé enósh ― human resources
- p. 5th century B.C.E. Tanach, Job 7:17:Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: 't' parameter has been renamed to 'tsrc'
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- ESV
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- מָֽה־אֱנֹושׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּֽךָ׃
- What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,
- Tanach, Psalms 55:13:Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: 't' parameter has been renamed to 'tsrc'
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- NIV
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- וְאַתָּה אֱנֹושׁ כְּעֶרְכִּי אַלּוּפִי וּמְיֻדָּֽעִי׃
- But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
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- וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח לְֽבַב־אֱנֹושׁ […]
- v'yaín y'samákh leváv-enósh
- and wine will make a person's heart happy
- a. 175 B.C.E. Sirach 37:25
- חיי אנוש ימים מספר.
- The days of human life are numbered.
- a. 1138 Moses ibn Ezra, [אֱמֶת, תַּאְווֹת אֱנוֹשׁ מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים]
- אֱמֶת, תַּאְווֹת אֱנוֹשׁ מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים / וְחֶפְצָם מִן יְדֵי עַיִשׁ תְּלוּיוֹת –
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- 1930, Hayim Nahman Bialik, אגדת שלושה וארבעה (נוסח ב):
- מעולם לא דרכה רגל אנוש עפר האי וצי שיט לא קרב אל גבולו, […]
- Never has a human foot steped on the dirt of the island and no navy sailed near to its border, […]
Usage notes
- The word is generally used collectively, that is for the whole human race.
Derived terms
- אֱנוֹשִׁי (enoshí)
- אֱנוֹשׁוּת (enoshút)
- בֶּן אֱנוֹשׁ (ben enósh)
- מַשְׁאַבֵּי אֱנוֹשׁ (mash'abé enósh)
- יַחֲסֵי אֱנוֹשׁ (yakhasé enósh)
Proper noun
אֱנוֹשׁ • (enósh) m
- Enos/Enosh (grandson of Adam)
- a male given name: Enosh
Adjective
אָנוּשׁ • (anúsh) (feminine אֲנוּשָׁה, masculine plural אֲנוּשִׁים, feminine plural אֲנוּשׁוֹת)
Anagrams
References
- Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, pages 26–27
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- Hebrew terms borrowed from Aramaic
- Hebrew terms derived from Aramaic
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew nouns without plural forms
- Hebrew masculine nouns
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- Hebrew proper nouns
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