עני, ענאch. same.
Pa. עני 1) to tarry, be detained, late. Y. Sot. I, 16a bot.
דריש ע׳ זמן חד once he (R. Meir) was long in preaching
(preached to a late hour, or came late); Num. R. s. 9 איעני
דרשה (tthpa., read דרושה or דרשא); Lev. R. s. 9 תנתא
מדרשא (corr. acc.). Y. Bicc. III, 65c bot. מיסק ע׳ זמן חד
(not מסיק) once he was late in coming; (Keth. 62b משכתיה
שמעתא); a. e. מריי־ עני be slow, my lord (a respectful form
of interrupting and introducing an objection or cor-
rection). Men. 17a וכ דרב משמיה מ עע beg pardon, sir; (do
you mean to say) in the name of Rab Said he, yes.
Ib. 81a וכ׳ ארבעין מ׳ ע׳ beg pardon, he deserves forty lashes
(for exchanging sacrifices), and yet his act is legal?; Snh.
26b וכשר . ארבעין מ׳ ע׳ he deserves forty lashes, and
yet his testimony is admissible? B. Kam. 49b וכ׳ מורי ע׳;
[Rashi interprets; give ansiwer, my lord, v. עני I]. - 2) to
affdlict, oppress. Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 21, sq. Ib. I, 12 מענן
(Y. מעניין); a. e. -- Part. pass. טעגר; pl. מענן. Targ. Is.
LIII, 4. - 3) to violate. Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 24 (ed. Amst.
עני, corr. acc.); a. fr. -4) (with, or sub. נפשא) to afflict
one's sdlf, fast. Targ. Lam. III, 33 (ed. Amst. עני). Targ.
Lev. XVI, 31; a. fr. -- Part. paes. as ab. Tanh. B'resh. 2
מע׳ לא גופא בשבת he does not fast on the Sabbath itself.
tthpa. אתגני, איעני 1) to be delayed. Num. R. s. 9, v.
supra. - 2) to be afficted, suffer; to fast. Targ. IKings
II, 26. Targ. Zech. VII, 5; a. e. -- Y. Ber. III, 6b top; Y.
Naz. VII, 56a bot. איע׳ ואשכחוניה מזקפוניה בעי they wanted
to help him up, but found that he was suffering; Koh. R. to
VII. 2 (not בדבורא איע). - ) to be violated. Targ. Lam.
V, 11.
tthpe. איעני to become poor. Taan. 23b ואיענו ליענו אמר
he said, let them become poor, and they became poor.
עני m., v. עוני.
עני ch. = h. עני. Targ. O. Deut. XVI, 3 ed. Berl. (oth. ed. עני, עני, עוני).
עני m. (b. h.; ענה II) [afflicted, humble,] poor. Sabb. I, 1, sq., v. בית. -ע׳־ מעשר, v. מעשר. -- Ned. 64b, a. e. ארבעה וכ׳ סומא ע׳ . . four classes of people are as if dead, the poor man, the blind &c. Ib. 41a בדיעה אלא ע׳ אין only he is poor who lacks knowledge. Keth. 68a בדעת ע׳ poor in disposition, illiberal, niggardly. Pes. 118a (expl. Ps. (XVIII, 1) בשיו ע׳ ואת בשורו עשיר . . . שגובה he collects the debt of man out of the good bestowwed upon him, tak-- ing from the rich man his ox, from the poor man his lamb. Lev. R. s. 34, v. יען. Y. Ber. IX, 13b בו כופר ע׳ היה ואם but if his relative is poor, he disowns him; a. v. fr. -- Pl. עניים. Ex. R. s. 31 (ref. to Ex. XXII, 24) עמך הם ומי . . . אמרו הע׳ להם אמר Israel asked the Lord, and who are thy people? Said he to them, the poor. Ab. I, 5 בני ע׳ ויהרו ביתד let the poor be members of thy household. B. Mets. 71a (ref. to Ex. l. c.) וכ׳ עירך ועניי נייךy as between tmhy own poor (relatives) and the poor of thy town, thy own poor have the first claim &c. Keth. 106b ע׳ בשל לא אף neither may you trade with funds designed for the poor. Peah I, 2 הע׳ דוב לפי according to the number of poor (dependent on the field corners, פאה); a. v. fr. -- eomm. עניה, ענייה. Keth. 6b שימרה לשוא ז ע׳ this poor woman has been waiting (for her husband) in vain. Y. ib. IX, 33a top הע׳ באותה נעשה מה what has been done in that poor woman's case ? Gen. R. s. 60 הע׳ לאותה פתחו open the gate for the poor animal; a. fr.
עניא, בנייא ch. same. Targ. Ex. XXII, 24. Targ. Ps. X, 2 (Ms. גניה). Targ. Y. Deut. XVI, 3 ע׳ לחמא poor bread (h. text עני לחם); a. fr. - Sabb. 155b מכלבא דע׳ לית וכ׳ none is poorer than the dog, none richer than the swine. B. Kam. 92a, a. e. (prov.) עניותא אזלא ע׳ בתר poverty follows the poor, i. e. the poor man is always under a. disadvantage. Keth. 106b (managers must not trade with the poor fund) וכ׳ ע׳ להו מתרמי דילמא lest the case of a poor man come up before them, and they have no cash to give him; a. fr. -- Pl. עניי. Targ. Ps. XII, 6. Ib. X, 12 Ms. (ed. ענותני). Targ. Prov. XXXI, 5; a. fr. -[Targ. Ps. XLI, 2 לעניי, v. ניגא.] - [עניא, Targ. Y. I Ex. XV, 27 some ed., read; עינא.]
עניבא, v. אנבא.
עניבה I f. (ענב) fastening with a loop, opp. קשירה with a knot. Pes. 11a; Sabb. 113a; Succ. 33b; a. e.
עניבה II m. ch. = ענבא, berry; דפילא ע׳ elephant's berry, name of a plant the stalk of which is quadrangular. Y. Shebu. III, 34d bot.; Y. Maasr. V, end, 52a דפ׳ אביבא (read; אניבא); Y. Ned. III, 37d bot. דיעלא ארכובה (prob. to be read; דפילא) elephantt's foott (elephantopos).
עניה, ענייה, v. גווה I.
עניה I, ענייה, fem. of כני.
עניה II, ע׳ענתות pr. n. pl. .iniya Anathoth. Targ. Is. X, 3o.
עניו, ענןו m. (b. h.; כנה II) submissive, meek, kind, patient. Ber. 6b וכ׳ חסיד אי ע׳ אי woe for the loss of the mmeeks, . . of the pious man, the disciple of Abraham ; Sot. 48b. Kidd. 71a וע׳ שצנוע למי אלא אותו מוסרין אין we do not communicate it (the Divine Name) except to one who is chaste and meekk; a. fr. -Pl. ענוים. Y. Taan. III, 66c לאלו אלו ע׳ בריות עושה שהוא ענן the cloud is named antn, because it (the rainfall) makes men kind to one another; Gen. R. s. 13; Yalk. Gen. 20; Yalk. Ps. 883 עניים (Var. ענוים). Succ. 29b; a. fr. - V. ענותן.
עניות f. (denom. of עני) misery, poverty; stint. Sabb. 33a; Kidd. 49b ע׳ (הרוח) לגסות סימן poverty is a symptom of haughtiness (haughtiness will be followed by poverty). Ib. דתורה ע׳ ע׳ מאי the poverty (of the Babylonians) means poverty of the Law (ignorance). Sabb. 102b; Keth. 106b, a. e. עשירות במקום ע׳ אין there must be no stint where there is wealth, i. e. you must not be small in large affairs. Ex. R. s. 31 וכ׳ הע׳ אחר לצד והע׳ . . . נתקבצו אלו if all suffering were gathered on one side, and poverty on the other, poverty would outweigh all. Ib. עניותו ... הקביה אאמר וכ׳ the oord says (to the usurer), is not this man's poverty enough, that thou &c.?; a. fr. -- Esth. R. introd. (play on
