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title: אֲנָחָה — sighing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲנָחָה (585), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: sighing. BDB 1906: n.f. sighing, groaning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲנָחָה

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«אֲנָחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sighing** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 585 · **BDB:** אֲנָחָה

### Glosses

groaning (9); groaning(s) (1); my.groaning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sighing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/585/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sighing, groaning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/585/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sighing, groaning (poet. \& late);—abs. ψ 31:11 +; sf. אַנְחָתִי Jb 3:24 +; אַנְחָתָהֿ Is 21:2 (sf. with Raphe). Pl. sf. אַנְחֹתַי La 1:22;—sighing, groaning, in distress, physical or mental Jb 3:24 (‖ שְׁאָגָה), 23:2 (‖ שִׂיחַ), ψ 6:7; 38:10 (‖ תַּאֲוָה), Is 21:2, La 1:22; ‖ יָגוֹן ψ 31:11; Is 35:10; 51:11 Je 45:3; קוֹל א׳ ψ 102:6.

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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 «אֲנָחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/585/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 102:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.6/)

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מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* from the.sound my.groaning my it.clings bone\[s\] my to flesh my

*JPS 1917:* By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh.

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[Job 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.23.2/)

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גַּם־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* also this day the.rebellion my.complaint my hand my it.is.heavy on groaning my

*JPS 1917:* Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.

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