מַעֲנֶה maʻăneh — a reply (favorable or contradictory)
Translated in the KJV as answer, × himself.
from H6030; a reply (favorable or contradictory).
maʻăneh in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
מַעֲנֶֽה Prov 29:19 Participle (active), masculine singular
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›