Jastrow: עַנְיָא

עַנְיָא, עַנְיָיא ch. same. Targ. Ex. XXII, 24. Targ. Ps. X, 2 (Ms. עֲנִיָה). Targ. Y. Deut. XVI, 3 לחמא ע׳ poor bread (h. text לחם עֹנִי); a. fr.—Sabb. 155ᵇ לית דע׳ מכלבא וכ׳ none is poorer than the dog, none richer than the swine. B. Kam. 92ᵃ, a. e. (prov.) בתר ע׳ אזלא עניותא poverty follows the poor, i.e. the poor man is always under a disadvantage. Keth. 106ᵇ (managers must not trade with the poor fund) דילמא מתרמי להו ע׳ וכ׳ lest the case of a poor man come up before them, and they have no cash to give him; a. fr.—Pl. עֲנִיֵּי. Targ. Ps. XII, 6. Ib. X, 12 Ms. (ed. עִנְוְתָנֵי). Targ. Prov. XXXI, 5; a. fr.—[Targ. Ps. XLI, 2 לעניי, v. עִנְיָנָא.]—[עניא, Targ. Y. I Ex. XV, 27 some ed., read: עֵינָא.]