Jaanai — the meaning of the Hebrew name יַעֲנַי

יַעֲנַי

Yaʻănay · pronounced yah-an-ah'ee · Strong's H3285 · a man

Jaanai means responsive.

Built from

יָעֵן yâʻên (the same as, H3283) — the ostrich (probably from its answering cry open in the lexicon ›

from the same as H3283; responsive; Jaanai, an Israelite.

1Chr 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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