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title: שִׂיחַ — muse · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂיחַ (7878), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: muse. BDB 1906: vb.denom. muse, complain talk Pôlʿel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂיחַ

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«שִׂיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **muse** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 7878 · **BDB:** שִׂיחַ²

### Glosses

I.will.meditate (6); I.will.complain (3); tell (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

muse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7878/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. muse, complain talk Pôlʿel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7878/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. muse, complain, poet. talk (of);— Impf. 3 ms. יָשִׂיחַ ψ 119:23; 3 fs. sf. תְּשִׂיחֶ֑ךָ Pr 6:22; 1 s. אָשִׂיחַ ψ 119:78 +, etc.; Imv. ms. שִׂיחַ Jb 12:8; mpl. שִׂיחוּ Ju 5:10 +; Inf. cstr. שִׂיחַ ψ 119:148;— complain: ψ 55:18; 77:4 (both ‖ הָמָה), Jb 7:11 (בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי), + ψ 6:7 (read prob. אָשִׂיחָה for אַשְׂחֶה). muse: עִם־לְבָבִי ψ 77:7; c. ב, meditate upon, study, God’s עֲלִילוֹת v 13 (‖ הָגָה); פִּקּוּדִים 119:15, 78; חֻקִּים v 23, 48; נִפְלָאוֹת v 27; אִמְרָה v 148; c. acc. דִּבְרֵי נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ 145:5. talk (about), sing (of): abs. Ju 5:10 (ode); c. ב rei, ψ 105:2 = 1 Ch 16:9 (‖ שִׁיר, זִמֵּר; so SS Gerber, but poss. = 2, so Dr), ψ 69:13 (ב pers. against; ‖ נְגִינוֹת, of mocking words). c. sf. pers. talk (with) Pr 6:22 (del. Toy); c. לְ speak to Jb 12:8 (Di ‘sprich sinnend’; Hi Bu read שֶׁרֶץ; Kau חַיַּת (so Bu as altern.), Bö al. sub II. שִׂיחַ). Pôlʿel meditate, consider: Impf. 3 ms. יְשׂוֹחֵחַ Is 53:8 (abs.); 1 s. אֲשׂוֹחֵחַ ψ 143:5 (ב rei; ‖ הָגָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7878/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.15/)

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בְּפִקֻּדֶ֥יךָ אָשִׂ֑יחָה וְ֝אַבִּ֗יטָה אֹרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* on precepts your I.will.meditate and I.will.pay.attention.to paths your

*JPS 1917:* I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.

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[Psalms 69:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.13/)

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יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת שׁוֹתֵ֥י שֵׁכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* they.speak in me \[those.who\].sit of.\[the\].gate and taunt.songs of.drinkers of.strong.drink

*JPS 1917:* They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.

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