Bible Person
Meaning: one who answers; afflicted · Male · 5 cross references
Anah is a Horite figure in the Seir genealogies and the parent of Aholibamah and Dishon. He belongs to the ancestral network that frames Edom's pre-Israelite inhabitants and related clans. First appears in Gen 36:20.1
AI summary: Anah matters because the cross references place him within the Horite genealogies that help explain the peoples and leadership structures connected with Seir and Edom. His relationship to Aholibamah also links these older regional lineages into Esau's family world. Though not a narrative character, he helps fill out the Bible's map of kinship around Israel. Taken together, the material presents Anah as a Horite ancestor whose family connections feed into the wider Edomite genealogical landscape.1
Central Figure
Anah
Meaning: one who answers; afflicted
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.