King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H584
Transliteration: anach
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sigh, groan
Meaning: to sigh, groan
Word Summary
anach: to sigh, groan
Original Word: אָנַחTransliteration: anach
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sigh, groan
Meaning: to sigh, groan
Strong's Concordance
groan, mourn, sigh A primitive root; to sigh -- groan, mourn, sigh.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H584. anach
[אָנַח] verb only
Niph`al sigh, groan, mostly in poetry & late (Aramaic אֲנַח, Ethpe`el compare Assyrian [anâ—u], inh—u, sigh ZimBP 12, 30) — Perfect3feminine singular נֶאֶנְחָה Lamentations 1:8; Joel 1:18; 3plural נֶאֶנְחוּ Isaiah 24:7; Imperfect יֵאָנַח Proverbs 29:2 etc.; Imperative הֵאָנַ֯ח֑ Ezekiel 21:11; Participle נֶאְנָ֑ךְ 21:12; נֶאֱנָחָה Lamentations 1:21 etc.; —
1 sigh, in token of grief Isaiah 24:7; Proverbs 29:2; Lamentations 1:4 ("" נוּגוֺתּ) 1:21; Ezekiel 21:11 (twice in verse); of Jerusalem Lamentations 1:8; mostly absolute but followed by אַלֿ Ezekiel 9:4 ("" נֶאֱנָק); followed by עַלֿ & אֱלֿ 21:12.
2 in physical distress Lamentations 1:11 ("" לֶחֶם בִּקֵּשׁ); Exodus 2:23 followed by מִן by reason of ("" זָעַק).
3 groan of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Joel 1:18.