אֲנָה

Ezra 6:12 אֲנָ֤ה I

May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

Here: "I". The pronoun is spelled out for emphasis, the way a royal signature would be.

Ezra 7:21 אֲנָ֞ה I

I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,

Daniel 2:8 אֲנָ֔ה I

The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time because you see that my word is final.

Daniel 2:23 אֲנָ֔ה I

To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”

Here: The independent pronoun "I." Aramaic participles need it, but its place at the end of the clause also gives weight: I, the one who received this, make the acknowledgment.

Daniel 2:30 וַאֲנָ֗ה and I

And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

Daniel 3:25 אֲנָ֨ה I

“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”

Here: The pronoun 'I' is spelled out for emphasis. The king himself, the one who ordered the execution, is the witness.

Daniel 4:4 אֲנָ֣ה I

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

Daniel 4:7 אֲנָה֙ I

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

Daniel 4:9 אֲנָ֣ה I

“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.

Here: The verb already contains "I", so the separate pronoun adds emphasis: "I myself know". The king stakes his own judgment on Daniel.

Daniel 4:18 אֲנָ֖ה I

This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel 4:30 אֲנָ֤ה I

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Here: "I." The verb that follows already means "I built," so this separate pronoun is extra and emphatic: "I myself." This is the center of the boast.

Daniel 4:34 אֲנָ֨ה I

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Here: An emphatic 'I'. The story switches back to the king speaking in the first person, after his madness was told in the third person (4:28–33). It is as if the king can only speak for himself again once his mind returns.

Daniel 4:37 אֲנָ֣ה I

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Here: An emphatic 'I'. The man who said 'I have built' (4:30) speaks again in the first person, but this time to give glory to someone else. (The supplied gloss 'me' just means the first-person pronoun. In this verse it is the subject, 'I'.)

Daniel 5:16 וַאֲנָה֙ and I

But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 7:15 אֲנָ֥ה I

I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.

Here: This is an emphatic independent pronoun. It sits in apposition to the 'my' of 'my spirit', so the sense is 'the spirit of me, Daniel'. The seer is stressing that he himself, not a king, is the one shaken.

Daniel 7:28 אֲנָ֨ה I

Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”

Here: An emphatic 'I' placed first: 'As for me…'. The focus shifts from the content of the vision to the man who received it.