Inyan (עניין) means interest in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
interest
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Inyan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מה שהאחד נותן עליו את דעתו, מייחד בו את מחשבתו, רצונו ומאוויו לרעה או לטובה.
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת לִבִּי לִדְרוֹשׁ וְלָתוּר בַּחָכְמָה עַל כָּל אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם הוּא עִנְיַן רָע נָתַן אֱלֹהִים לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם לַעֲנוֹת בּוֹ
- 2תחום נפרד לעצמו, בשיחה או בכתיבה.
- 3צורה, אופן פעולה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Inyan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- עִנְיָן
- Written without vowel points
- עניין
- Said
- inyan
- Root
- ע־נ־ה
- Pattern
- קִטְלָן
- Plural
- עִנְיָנִים (עִנְיָנוֹת) נ"י עִנְיָנִי עִנְיָנְךָ עִנְיָנֵךְ עִנְיָנָם
- Inflections
- ר' עִנְיָנִים (עִנְיָנוֹת) נ"י עִנְיָנִי עִנְיָנְךָ עִנְיָנֵךְ עִנְיָנָם
- Gematria
- 190
This is how Inyan is said in other languages.
- English
- interest
- Arabic
- شَأْن, مَوْضُوع
- Spanish
- asunto, interés
These words mean nearly the same as Inyan.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Inyan.
These words rhyme with Inyan.
The word Inyan is part of these phrases and sayings.
- תוכן עניינים
- שואל כענין ומשיב כהלכה
- מה ענין זה אצל זה
- לענין
- מענין לענין באותו ענין
- ענינא דיומא
- לגופו של ענין
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Inyan comes from the root ע־נ־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Inyan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Inyan.
What does Inyan (עניין) mean in Hebrew?
Inyan (עניין) means interest. It is said inyan, with the stress on yan.
What is a synonym for Inyan (עניין)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Inyan (עניין) are עסק, נושא, סוגיה, שיג, and ווג'רס.
What is the opposite of Inyan (עניין)?
Words that mean the opposite of Inyan (עניין) are שיעמום.
What rhymes with Inyan (עניין)?
Words that rhyme with Inyan (עניין) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, פחמן, and סימן.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ענין of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.