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title: שִׂיחַ — complaint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂיחַ (7879), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: complaint. BDB 1906: n.m. complaint, musing. 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: **complaint** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 7879 · **BDB:** שִׂיחַ

### Glosses

complaint (9); musing (2); my.complaint (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

complaint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7879/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. complaint, musing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7879/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 104:34 complaint, musing;—abs. שׂ׳ 1 K 18:27; Pr 23:29; sf. שִׂיחִי 1 S 1:16 +, שִׂחִי Jb 23:2, שִׂיחוֹ 2 K 9:11 ψ 102:1;— plaint, complaint: Jb 7:13; 9:27; 10:1 (‖ מר נפשׁ), 21:4; 23:2 Pr 23:29 ψ 55:3 (‖ אָהִימָה); קוֹלִי בְּשִׂיחִי 64:2; שָׁפַךְ שׂ׳ לפני י׳ 102:1; 142:3. Foll. are dub.: musing, 1 K 18:27 (E) of a god, ‖ שִׂיג לוֹ, (so RV; SS ‘nachdenken’; Buhl ‘beschäftigt sein’; AV talk); ψ 104:34 of man (Buhl SS. Bae ‘Rede, oder Gesang’).—Vid. also \[שֵׂחַ\] infr. anxiety, trouble: מֵרֹב שִׂיחִי 1 S 1:16; (defined in MT by כַּעַס, cf. HPS; so Buhl SS, but perhaps = 1). the way in which he talks: שִׂיחוֹ 2 K 9:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 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/1513/7879/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.34/)

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יֶעֱרַ֣ב עָלָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י אָ֝נֹכִ֗י אֶשְׂמַ֥ח בַּיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be.pleasing to him musing my I I.rejoice in Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD.

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[Job 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.27/)

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אִם־אָ֭מְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣י וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃

*Word for word:* if my.saying \[is\] I.will.forget complaint my I.will.let.loose face my and I.will.be.cheerful

*JPS 1917:* If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',

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