Jastrow: עָנִי

עָנִי m. (b. h.; עָנָה II) [afflicted, humble,] poor. Sabb. I, 1, sq., v. בַּיִת.—מעשר ע׳, v. מַעֲשֵׂר.—Ned. 64ᵇ, a. e. ארבעה ע׳ סומא וכ׳ … four classes of people are as if dead, the poor man, the blind &c. Ib. 41ᵃ אין ע׳ אלא בדיעה only he is poor who lacks knowledge. Keth. 68ᵃ ע׳ בדעת poor in disposition, illiberal, niggardly. Pes. 118ᵃ (expl. Ps. CXVIII, 1) שגובה … עשיר בשורו ואת ע׳ בשיו he collects the debt of man out of the good bestowed upon him, taking from the rich man his ox, from the poor man his lamb. Lev. R. s. 34, v. יַעַן. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ ואם היה ע׳ כופר בו but if his relative is poor, he disowns him; a. v. fr.—Pl. עֲנִיִּים. Ex. R. s. 31 (ref. to Ex. XXII, 24) אמרו … ומי הם עמך אמר להם הע׳ Israel asked the Lord, and who are thy people? Said he to them, the poor. Ab. I, 5 ויהיו ע׳ בני ביתך let the poor be members of thy household. B. Mets. 71ᵃ (ref. to Ex. l. c.) עֲנִיֶּיךָ ועֲנִיֵּי עירך וכ׳ as between thy own poor (relatives) and the poor of thy town, thy own poor have the first claim &c. Keth. 106ᵇ אף לא בשל ע׳ neither may you trade with funds designed for the poor. Peah I, 2 לפי רוב הע׳ according to the number of poor (dependent on the field corners, פֵּאָה); a. v. fr.—Fem. עֲנִיּה, עֲנִיָּיה. Keth. 62ᵇ ע׳ זו לשוא שימרה this poor woman has been waiting (for her husband) in vain. Y. ib. IX, 33ᵃ top מה נעשה באותה הע׳ what has been done in that poor woman’s case? Gen. R. s. 60 פתחו לאותה הע׳ open the gate for the poor animal; a. fr.