עָנַשׁ
a.nash
“to fine”
Definition
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine
a primitive root;
- to fine, amerce, punish, condemn, mulct 1a) (Qal) to fine, punish 1b) (Niphal) to be fined, be punished, be mulcted
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
עָנַשׁ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
They lie down beside every altaron garments taken in pledge.And in the house of their God,they drink wine obtained through fines.
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
It is surely not good to punish the innocentor to flog a noble for his honesty.
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