עִנְיָן

עִנְיָן noun masculine^{Eccl 1:13} occupation, task, only Ecclesiastes (Aramaic loan-word Lag^{BN 205}; common in Late Hebrew); — ׳ע absolute Eccl 2:26; Eccl 3:10; Eccl 5:2; Eccl 8:16 suffix כַּעַס עִנְיָנוֺ Eccl 2:23 his task is (sheer) vextion; עִנְיָן רָע Eccl 1:13 an evil (worthless) task, so Eccl 4:8 (Masora עִנְיַן as if construct, see Baer¹; Baer¹³; but Kö^{ii, 1, 99}), and, in weakened sense, Eccl 5:12 a bad business, bad affair.