שִׂיחַ
sîyach · see'-akh
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׂיחַ 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- speak2 · 10%
- unto him, talk1 · 5%
- i will complain1 · 5%
- or speak1 · 5%
- will i pray1 · 5%
- i complained1 · 5%
- i commune1 · 5%
- and talk1 · 5%
- unto him: talk1 · 5%
- i will meditate1 · 5%
- did meditate1 · 5%
- so shall i talk1 · 5%
- and i will meditate1 · 5%
- but i will meditate1 · 5%
- that i might meditate1 · 5%
- i muse1 · 5%
- i will speak1 · 5%
- it shall talk1 · 5%
- and who shall declare1 · 5%
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.