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Strong's #6052 - עָנָן
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- Anan = "cloud"
- one of the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
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עָנָן constr. state עֲנַן m.
(1) a cloud (as covering and veiling over the heaven), compare عَمَاءُ a cloud, from the root عمى to cover, to veil over, and غِفَارَةُ a cloud, from the root غفر to cover. (Arab. عنا نة, pl. عنان.) A very large army is compared to a cloud, Ezekiel 30:18, 38:9 a morning cloud is used as an image of something transient, Hosea 6:4 (compare Job 7:9).
(2) [Anan], pr.n. m. Nehemiah 10:27.