STRONGS NUMBER H6048

H6048. Anammelek

עֲנַמֶּ֫לֶךְ‎ proper name, of a divinity of סְפַרְוַיִם‎ (q. v.) 2 Kings 17:31, Ανημελεχ (omitted by ᵐ5‎^L); = Assyrian Anu-malik according to Schr^{COT on the passage}, but dubious, see Kit^{on the passage and references}; Che^{Expos. Times, June, 1898, 429} reads ענומלך‎, and insert also 19:37 (before אלהיו‎); compare also Hal cited below עֲנָת‎.

I. ענן‎ (√ of following, perhaps originally cover, as Sabean ענן‎ = טֿלל‎ (Hebrew צלל‎), DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 26 f.}; or < Arabic appear, present oneself, specifically intervene as an obstacle (Lane; compare Lag^{BN 103}), hence clouds, as intervening, and so obstructing; compare Late Hebrew עָנָן‎ cloud = Biblical Hebrew (rare), verb denominative Pi`el עִנֵּן‎ as Biblical Hebrew; עֲנָנָא ᵑ7‎, Syriac clouds).