- אנינה
- אֲנִינָהf. (אָנַן) grief, retired mourning, esp. the status of the mourner between death and burial of a kinsman, contrad. to אֲבֵילָה, אֲבֵילוּת. Lam. R. introd. (R. Abbahu 4) א׳ מבפנים ăninah is indoor (retired) grief. Y.Hor.III, 48a top איזהו א׳וכ׳ what is ăninah?The time from death to Y.Pes.VII, 35a top לילה תורה אֲנִינַת observance of ăninah by night is biblical. Gen. R. s. 85 he is named Onan שהביא א׳ לעצמו because he brought mourning over his early death.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.