Strong's Lexicon

H596

H596 — אָנַן

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

Hebrewananverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 131

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H596
Word:	אָנַן
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	anan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-nan'
Meaning:	1. to mourn 2. complain
KJV Renderings:	complain.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB598

[אָנַן] verb only

Hithpo`el complain, murmur (Mishna אֶנן, Aramaic אֲנַן, Arabic [untranscribed source text 307], Assyrian [ anânu ], whence ênênu , unnînu , sigh Zim^{BP 22}) — Imperfect יִתְאוֺנֵן Lam 3:39 (followed by עַלֿ in || member); Participle מִתְאֹנְנִים ׳ בְּאָזְנֵי י (followed by accusative; see Di).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אנן (ăh-nan’)

Lamentations 3:39

KJV: Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?complain: or, murmur

EHCC: Wherefore doth a living man complain,