Lexical Definition

‎אָנַח‎ ʼânach (aw-nakh') to sigh ^H:V
a primitive root

groan, mourn, sigh.

• to sigh

1) (Niphal) sigh, groan (in pain or grief), gasp
1a) moan (of cattle)

See Greek: ἀναστενάζω · στενάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎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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