BDB587 [H584]

[אָנַח] verb only Niph`al sigh, groan, mostly in poetry & late (Aramaic אֲנַח, Ethpe`el compare Assyrian [anâ—u], inh—u, sigh Zim^{BP 12, 30}) — Perfect 3 feminine singular נֶאֶנְחָה Lam 1:8; Joel 1:18 3 plural נֶאֶנְחוּ Isa 24:7 Imperfect יֵאָנַח Prov 29:2 etc.; Imperative הֵאָנַ֯ח֑ Ezek 21:11 Participle נֶאְנָ֑ךְ Ezek 21:12 נֶאֱנָחָה Lam 1:21 etc.; —

1. sigh, in token of grief Isa 24:7; Prov 29:2; Lam 1:4 (|| נוּגוֺתּ) vLam 1:21; Ezek 21:11 (twice in verse); of Jerusalem Lam 1:8 mostly absolute but followed by אַלֿ Ezek 9:4 (|| נֶאֱנָק); followed by עַלֿ & אֱלֿ Ezek 21:12.

2. in physical distress Lam 1:11 (|| בִּקֵּשׁ לֶחֶם); Exod 2:23 followed by מִן by reason of (|| זָעַק).

3. groan of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Joel 1:18.

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