- Original: יעני - Transliteration: Ya`anay - Phonetic: yah-an-ah'ee - Definition: Jaanai = whom Jehovah answers 1. a chief man in the tribe of Gad - Origin: from the same as H3283 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From the same as H3283 ; responsive; Jaanai an Israelite: - Jaanai. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Jaanai, 1 1 Chronicles 5:12