עוני

Hebrew

Root
ע־נ־י (ʿ-n-y)
1 term

Alternative forms

• עֹנִי, עֳנִי (defective spelling)

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Noun

עוני • (óni, ʕɔ̆nī/ʕonī) m (singular construct עוני־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. poverty (the quality or state of being indigent)
2. affliction
   • Tanach, Genesis 29:32, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַתַּהַר לֵאָה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ רְאוּבֵן כִּי אָמְרָה כִּי־רָאָה יְהוָה בְּעָנְיִי כִּי עַתָּה יֶאֱהָבַנִי אִישִׁי׃

     wattáhar leʔɔ̂ wattélɛḏ ben wattiqrɔʔ šəmō rəʔūḇen kī ʔɔmrɔ̂ kī-rɔʔɔ̂ YHWH bəʕɔnyī kī ʕattɔ̂ yɛʔɛ̆hɔḇanī ʔīšī
     vatáhar le'á vatéled ben vatikrá shmo re'uvén ki omrá ki-ra'á YHVH be'onyí ki atá ye'ehavaní ishi.

     And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said: ‘Because the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.’

   • Tanach, Exodus 3:7, with translation of the King James Version:

     רָאֹה רָאִיתִי אֶת עֳנִי עַמִּי אֲשֶׁר בְּמִצְרָיִם

     rɔʔô rɔʔīṯī ʔɛṯ ʕɔ̆nī ʕammī ʔăšɛr bəmiṣrɔyim
     ra'ó ra'ití et oní amí ashér bmitsrayím

     I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt