Lexical Definition

‎שִׂיחַ‎ sîyach (see'-akh) complaint ^H:N-M
from ‎שִׂיחַ‎

babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.

• a contemplation
• by implication, an utterance

1) meditation, complaint, musing
1a) plaint, complaint
1b) following are dubious
1b1) musing
1b2) anxiety, trouble
1b3) talk

See Greek: δέησις · ἔλεγξις · ἔχθρα · ἡδονή · χλωρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׂיחַ‎ noun masculine^{Ps 104:34} complaint, musing; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ 1Kgs 18:27; Prov 23:29 suffix ‎שִׂיחִי‎ 1Sam 1:16 +, ‎שִׂחִי‎ Job 23:2, ‎שִׂיחוֺ‎ 2Kgs 9:11; Ps 102:1* —

1. plaint, complaint: Job 7:13; Job 9:27; Job 10:1 (|| ‎מר נפשׁ‎), Job 21:4; Job 23:2; Prov 23:29; Ps 55:3* (|| ‎אָהִימָה‎); ‎קוֺלִי בְּשִׁיחי‎ Ps 64:2* ‎׳‎‎לפני י‎ ‎׳‎‎שָׁפַךְ שׂ‎ Ps 102:1*; Ps 142:3*. following are dubious:

2. musing, 1Kgs 18:27 (E) of a god, || ‎שִׂיג לוֺ‎, (so RV; SS 'nachdenken'; Buhl 'beschäftigt sein'; AV talk); Ps 104:34 of man (Buhl SS. Bae 'Rede, oder Gesang'). — See also [‎שֵׂחַ‎] below

3. anxiety, trouble: ‎מֵרֹב שִׂיחִי‎ 1Sam 1:16 (defined in ᵑ0 by ‎כַּעַס‎, compare HPS; so Buhl SS, but perhaps = 1).

4. talk: ‎שִׂיחוֺ‎ 2Kgs 9:11 (so RV SS, but meaning obscurein context).

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