Jastrow: עֲנִיּוּת

עֲנִיּוּת f. (denom. of עָנִי) misery, poverty; stint. Sabb. 33ᵃ; Kidd. 49ᵇ סימן לגסות (הרוח) ע׳ poverty is a symptom of haughtiness (haughtiness will be followed by poverty). Ib. מאי ע׳ ע׳ דתורה the poverty (of the Babylonians) means poverty of the Law (ignorance). Sabb. 102ᵇ; Keth. 106ᵇ, a. e. אין ע׳ במקום עשירות there must be no stint where there is wealth, i.e. you must not be small in large affairs. Ex. R. s. 31 אלו נתקבצו … והע׳ לצד אחר הע׳ וכ׳ if all suffering were gathered on one side, and poverty on the other, poverty would outweigh all. Ib. אמר הקב"ה … עֲנִיּוּתוֹ וכ׳ the Lord says (to the usurer), is not this man’s poverty enough, that thou &c.?; a. fr.—Esth. R. introd. (play on באניות, Deut. XXVIII, 68) בע׳ ממעשים טובים in thy want of good deeds.—Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵇ top בעֲנִיּוּתֵינוּ צריכה וכ׳ according to our poverty (of mind), she requires a letter of divorce from him.