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title: אָנַח — sigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָנַח (584), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: sigh. BDB 1906: vb. sigh, groan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָנַח

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«אָנַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sigh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 584 · **BDB:** אָנַח

### Glosses

\[are\].groaning (2); it.has.groaned (2); you.will.groan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/584/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sigh, groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/584/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only sigh, groan, mostly poet. \& late (Aramaic אֲנַה, ܐܶܢܰܚ Ethiopic cf. Assyrian \[anâḫu\], inḫu, sigh ZimBP 12, 30)—Pf. 3 fs. נֶאֶנְחָה La 1:8 Jo 1:18; 3 pl. נֶאֶנְחוּ Is 24:7; Impf. יֵאָנַח Pr 29:2 etc.; Imv. הֵאָנַ֑ח֯ Ez 21:11; Pt. נֶאְנָ֑ה Ez 21:12; נֶאֱנָחָה La 1:21 etc.;— sigh, in token of grief Is 24:7 Pr 29:2 La 1:4 (‖ נוּגוֹת) v 21 Ez 21:11(×2); of Jerus. La 1:8; mostly abs. but sq. עַל־ Ez 9:4 (‖ נֶאֱנָק); sq. עַל־ \& אֶל־ 21:12. in physical distress La 1:11 (‖ בִּקֵּשׁ לֶחֶם); Ex 2:23 sq. מִן by reason of (‖ זָעַק) groan of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Jo 1:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָנַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/584/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.7/)

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אָבַ֥ל תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלְלָה־גָ֑פֶן נֶאֶנְח֖וּ כָּל־שִׂמְחֵי־לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* it.has.dried.up new.wine it.has.languished \[the\].vine they.have.groaned all \[the.people\].joyful of.heart

*JPS 1917:* The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.

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[Proverbs 29:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.2/)

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בִּרְב֣וֹת צַ֭דִּיקִים יִשְׂמַ֣ח הָעָ֑ם וּבִמְשֹׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע יֵאָ֥נַֽח עָֽם׃

*Word for word:* when increase righteous.\[people\] it.rejoices the people and when rules a.wicked.\[person\] it.groans a.people

*JPS 1917:* When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people sigh.

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