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title: אָנַק — cry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָנַק (602), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cry. BDB 1906: vb. cry, groan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָנַק

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«אָנַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cry** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 602 · **BDB:** אָנַק

### Glosses

are\].groaning (1); groan (1); groaning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/602/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cry, groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/602/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cry, groan (Aramaic אֲנַק, ܐܶܢܰܩ )— Impf. יֶאֱנֹק Je 51:52; Inf. cstr. אֱנֹק Ez 26:15, both of groaning of wounded (חָלָל). id., in mourning, lamentation; Inf. cstr. הֵאָנֵק Ez 24:17 (‖ עָשָׂה אֵבֶל); Pt. נֶאֱנָקִים 9:4 (‖ נֶאֱנָחִים) sq. עַל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «אָנַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/602/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.52/)

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לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּֽה־יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וּפָקַדְתִּ֖י עַל־פְּסִילֶ֑יהָ וּבְכָל־אַרְצָ֖הּ יֶאֱנֹ֥ק חָלָֽל׃

*Word for word:* therefore here! days \[are\].coming the.utterance of.Yahweh and I.will.visit.\[judgment\] on images its and in all land its he.will.groan \[the\].fatally.wounded

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

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[Ezekiel 26:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.15/)

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כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה לְצ֑וֹר הֲלֹ֣א ׀ מִקּ֣וֹל מַפַּלְתֵּ֗ךְ בֶּאֱנֹ֨ק חָלָ֜ל בֵּהָ֤רֵֽג הֶ֙רֶג֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְ יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ הָאִיִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh to Tyre ? not from the.sound your.downfall your when groan \[the\].fatally.wounded when is.killed a.slaughter in the.midst of.you will.they.quake the islands

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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