# H579 אָנָה

אָנָה (ʼânâh), Strong’s H579: to approach; hence, to meet in various senses KJV: befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.. Occurs 4 times.

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*ʼânâh* — to approach; hence, to meet in various senses

KJV: befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אָנָה] vb. be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely
- Pi. cause (or allow) to meet
- Pu. be allowed to meet, be sent
- Hithp. cause oneself to meet, seek occasion (= seek a quarrel with)

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 21:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/21?v=13) — but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
- [2 Kings 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/5?v=7) — When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that…
- [Psalms 91:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/91?v=10) — no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
- [Proverbs 12:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/12?v=21) — No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.