אָנַח
ʼânach · aw-nakh'
to sigh
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to sigh
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: groan, mourn, sigh.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָנַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sigh4 · 33%
- sighed1 · 8%
- mourn1 · 8%
- do sigh1 · 8%
- yea, she sigheth1 · 8%
- that i sigh1 · 8%
- that sigh1 · 8%
- unto thee, wherefore sighest1 · 8%
- groan1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.