עָנִי (ʿānî) is a Hebrew adjective meaning poor. It appears 79 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6041).

Also rendered

• afflicted

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1652d)

Root family 1652: עָנָה ʿānâ — III, afflict, oppress, humble

• עָנָה ʿānâ — be occupied
• עֳנִי ʿŏnî — affliction
• עָנָו ʿānāw — poor
• עֲנָוָה ʿănāwâ — humility
• עַנְוָה ʿanwâ — humility
• תַּעֲנִית taʿănît — humiliation
• עֱנוּת ʿĕnût — affliction

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