אני

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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/,
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔăˈniː/,
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈni/,
(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

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)^{[PP 1]}	אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)^{[PP 2]}
2nd person	m	אַתָּה (atá)	אַתֶּם (atém)
2nd person	f	אַתְּ (at)	אַתֶּן (atén)
3rd person	m	הוּא (hu)	הֵם (hem)^{[PP 3]}
3rd person	f	הִיא (hi)	הֵן (hen)^{[PP 3]}
^ The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today. ^ In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial. ↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.

Further reading

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

Noun

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

(psychology, Freudian) ego

Synonyms

אגו (ego)

Derived terms

אֲנִי־עֶלְיוֹן (ani-elyón)

Etymology 2

Noun

אֳנִי • (oní) m

defective spelling of אוני

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