אֲנָחָה
ʼănâchâh · an-aw-khaw'
sighing
Lexicon
Derivation: from H585 (אֲנָחָה);
sighing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: groaning, 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲנָחָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for my sighing1 · 9%
- than my groaning1 · 9%
- with my groaning1 · 9%
- with sighing1 · 9%
- is before thee; and my groaning1 · 9%
- of my groaning1 · 9%
- all the sighing1 · 9%
- and sighing1 · 9%
- and mourning1 · 9%
- in my sighing1 · 9%
- for my sighs1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
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.