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 2 Kings 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; ᵑ7 עֲנָנָא, Syriac clouds).