Strong's Lexicon

H584

H584 — אָנַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewanachverb-stemOccurrences: 12TWOT: 127

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H584
Word:	אָנַח
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	12
Transliteration:	anach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-nakh'
Meaning:	1. to sigh
KJV Renderings:	groan, mourn, sigh.

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[אָנַח] verb only

Niph`al sigh, groan, mostly in poetry & late (Aramaic אֲנַח, [untranscribed source text 293] Ethpe`el compare Assyrian [ anâ—u ], inh—u , sigh Zim^{BP 12, 30}) — Perfect 3 feminine singular נֶאֶנְחָה Lam 1:8; Joel 1:18 3 plural נֶאֶנְחוּ Isa 24:7 Imperfect יֵאָנַח Prov 29:2 etc.; Imperative הֵאָנַ֯ח֑ Ezek 21:11 Participle נֶאְנָ֑ךְ Ezek 21:12 נֶאֱנָחָה Lam 1:21 etc.; —

1. sigh, in token of grief Isa 24:7; Prov 29:2; Lam 1:4 (|| נוּגוֺתּ) Lam 1:21; Ezek 21:11 (twice in verse); of Jerusalem Lam 1:8 mostly absolute but followed by אַלֿ Ezek 9:4 (|| נֶאֱנָק); followed by עַלֿ & אֱלֿ Ezek 21:12 .

2. in physical distress Lam 1:11 (|| בִּקֵּשׁ לֶחֶם); Exod 2:23 followed by מִן by reason of (|| זָעַק).

3. groan of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Joel 1:18.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אנח (ah-nagh)

Lamentations 1:8

KJV: Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.is…: Heb. is become a removing, or, wandering

EHCC: ehe sigheth, and turneth backward.

Exodus 2:23

KJV: And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

EHCC: and the children of Israel sighed by reason

Proverbs 29:2

KJV: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.in…: or, increased

EHCC: wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Ezekiel 21:6

KJV: sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

EHCC: (11). with bitterness sigh before their eyes,

Lamentations 1:4

KJV: The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

EHCC: ber priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted,

Ezekiel 9:4

KJV: And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.set a mark: Heb. mark a mark

EHCC: 0f tire men that sigh and that cry for all

Ezekiel 21:7

KJV: And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.shall be weak…: Heb. shall go into water

EHCC: (12). they say unto thee. Wherefore sighest

Joel 1:16

KJV: Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

EHCC: How do the beasts groan /