STRONGS NUMBER H584


Word Summary
anach: to sigh, groan
Original Word: אָנַח
Transliteration: 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 נֶאֶנְחָהLamentations 1:8; Joel 1:18; 3plural נֶאֶנְחוּIsaiah 24:7; Imperfect יֵאָנַחProverbs 29:2 etc.; Imperative הֵאָנַ֯ח֑Ezekiel 21:11; Participle נֶאְנָ֑ךְ21:12; נֶאֱנָחָהLamentations 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 אַלֿEzekiel 9:4 ("" נֶאֱנָק‎); followed by עַלֿ‎ & אֱלֿ21:12.

2 in physical distress Lamentations 1:11 ("" לֶחֶם בִּקֵּשׁ‎); Exodus 2:23 followed by מִןby reason of ("" זָעַק‎).

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