יַעַן m. (b. h.; v. עָנָה) corresponding; (conj) because. Sifra B’ḥuck. Par. 2, ch. VIII (ref. to יען וביען, Lev. XXVI, 43) וכי ראש בראש וכ׳ have I indeed paid them item for item (for all their sins)?—Ruth R. to II, 19; Lev. R. s. 34 י׳ ובי׳ הוא י̇ע̇ן̇ הוא ע̇נ̇י̇ ‘because and because’ (Lev. l. c.) yaʿan and ʿani have the same letters (intimating, ‘because they have rejected my statutes concerning the poor’).
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יַעַן m. (b. h.; v. עָנָה ) corresponding ; (conj) because . Sifra B’ḥuck. Par. 2, ch. VIII (ref. to יען וביען , Lev. XXVI, 43 ) וכי ראש בראש וכ׳…
References
- Jastrow, עָנָה 1
- Leviticus 26:43
- Ruth Rabbah 5:9
- Vayikra Rabbah 34:15