עָנַשׁ (b. h.; cmp. אָנַס) [to press,] to punish, fine. Zeb. 106ᵇ, a. e., לא ע׳ וכ׳, v. זָהַר. Snh. 54ᵃ, a. fr. אין עוֹנְשִׁין מן הדין, v. דִּין II.—Ib. 43ᵇ לא ע׳ על הנסתרות the Lord did not punish undiscovered transgressions (committed in Israel’s camps). Ib. 54ᵇ ע׳ והזהיר the text defines the penalty, and forbids the act; a. fr.—Part. pass. עָנוּשׁ punishable. Yeb. 47ᵃ ע׳ כרת doomed to extinction; ע׳ סקילה doomed to death by stoning; a. e.
Nif. - נֶעֱנַשׁ to be punished; to suffer. Sabb. 56ᵃ; Kidd. 43ᵃ (ref. to II Sam. XII, 9) מה חרב … אין אתה נ׳ עליו וכ׳ as well as thou art not to be punished for the use of the sword against the sons of Ammon, so shalt thou not be punished for the death of Uriah the Hittite. Sabb. 149ᵇ כל שחבירו נ׳ על ידו וכ׳ he through whose instrumentality a fellowman was punished (who was instrumental in causing a fellowman to sin), will not be entered within the precincts of the Lord. Yoma 22ᵇ מפני מה נ׳ שאול for what sin was Saul made to suffer? R. Hash. 16ᵇ; B. Kam. 93ᵃ, a. e. המוסר … הוא נ׳ תחלה he who appeals to the Lord for judgment against his neighbor, will himself be the first to be punished. Snh. 8ᵃ על דבר זה נ׳ משה for saying this (‘you shall bring to me’, Deut. I, 17) Moses had to suffer (by being compelled to admit his own incapability, Num. XXVII, 5); a. fr.