Anah is the Aramaic cognate of Hebrew anah I and appears 32 times exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Daniel, always in the formulaic pair aneh ve-amar ('answered and said'). This stereotyped pairing — ubiquitous in Aramaic court narrative — signals a formal, weighty response rather than casual conversation. BDB distinguishes two nuances: direct reply to something said (Dan 2:5, 7, 10; 3:16; 5:17; 6:13-14) and responding to a situation, that is, speaking in view of circumstances without a prior question (Dan 2:15, 20, 26, 47; 3:9, 14, 24, 28; 4:27). The word appears in the mouths of kings, courtiers, and Daniel himself, framing the dialogues that drive the court-conflict and vision-interpretation narratives. Every target language renders it with a standard reply verb: Spanish 'respondio,' French 'repondit,' German 'antwortete.'