אני

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognate with Aramaic אֲנָא (ʾănā) and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈniː/
• (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɒ.ni/, [ˈʔɒː.niˑ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔăˈniː/, [ʔaˈniː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈni/, [ʔæˈniː]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)æˈni/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈni/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈni/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈni/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈni/

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Pronoun

אֲנִי • (aní) m or f

1. I (the first person nominative singular pronoun, masculine and feminine)
   • 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Scar (Eli Gorenstein):

     אני הרגתי את מופסה!

     Aní harágti et Mufása!

     I killed Mufasa!

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 1:14:

     הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי. מִי לִי. וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי. מָה אֲנִי. וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו. אֵימָתָי:

     hû hāyâ ʾômēr ʾim ʾên ʾănî lî, mî lî, uḵəšeʾănî ləʿaṣmî, mâ ʾănî, wəʾim lô ʿaḵšaw, ʾêmāṯāy.

     He (Hillel) used to say, ‘If I am not for me, who is for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?’

Synonyms

• אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) (archaic)

See also

Hebrew personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)	אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)
2nd person	m	אַתָּה (atá)	אַתֶּם (atém)
	f	אַתְּ (at)	אַתֶּן (atén)
3rd person	m	הוּא (hu)	הֵם (hem)
	f	הִיא (hi)	הֵן (hen)

Further reading

• H589 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

אֲנִי • (aní) m (no plural forms, no construct forms)

1. (psychology, Freudian) ego

Synonyms

• אגו (ego)

Derived terms

• אֲנִי־עֶלְיוֹן (ani-elyón)

Etymology 2

Noun

אֳנִי • (oní) m

1. defective spelling of אוני

Anagrams

• אין