hebrew #584 - אָנַח anach (to sigh)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to sigh -- groan, mourn, sigh.

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Niph`alsigh, groan, mostly in poetry & late (Aramaic אֲנַח, Ethpe`el compare Assyrian [anâ—u], inh—u, sigh Zim^{BP 12, 30}) — Perfect3feminine singular נֶאֶנְחָהLamentations 1:8; Joel 1:18; 3plural נֶאֶנְחוּIsaiah 24:7; ImperfectיֵאָנַחProverbs 29:2 etc.; Imperativeהֵאָנַ֯ח֑Ezekiel 21:11; Participleנֶאְנָ֑ךְEzekiel 21:12; נֶאֱנָחָהLamentations 1:21 etc.; —

1sigh, in token of grief Isaiah 24:7; Proverbs 29:2; Lamentations 1:4 ("" נוּגוֺתּ) Lamentations 1:21; Ezekiel 21:11 (twice in verse); of Jerusalem Lamentations 1:8; mostly absolute but followed by אַלֿEzekiel 9:4 ("" נֶאֱנָק); followed by עַלֿ & אֱלֿEzekiel 21:12.

2in physical distressLamentations 1:11 ("" בִּקֵּשׁלֶחֶם); Exodus 2:23 followed by מִןby reason of ("" זָעַק).

3groan of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Joel 1:18.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 584. אָנַח (anach) — 12 Occurrences

Exodus 2:23
HEB:מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיֵּאָנְח֧וּ בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
NAS: of Israel sighed because
KJV: of Israel sighed by reason of
INT: the king of Egypt sighed and the sons of Israel

Proverbs 29:2
HEB:וּבִמְשֹׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע יֵאָ֥נַֽח עָֽם׃
NAS: rules, people groan.
KJV: beareth rule, the people mourn.
INT: rules A wicked groan people

Isaiah 24:7
HEB:אֻמְלְלָה־ גָ֑פֶן נֶאֶנְח֖וּ כָּל־ שִׂמְחֵי־
NAS: All the merry-hearted sigh.
KJV: all the merryhearted do sigh.
INT: decays the vine sigh All glad

Lamentations 1:4
HEB:שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔ין כֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָ נֶאֱנָחִ֑ים בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָ נּוּג֖וֹת
NAS: Her priests are groaning, Her virgins
KJV: her priests sigh, her virgins
INT: are desolate her priests are groaning her virgins are afflicted

Lamentations 1:8
HEB:גַּם־ הִ֥יא נֶאֶנְחָ֖ה וַתָּ֥שָׁב אָחֽוֹר׃
NAS: she herself groans and turns
KJV: her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth
INT: Even herself groans and turns away

Lamentations 1:11
HEB:כָּל־ עַמָּ֤הּ נֶאֱנָחִים֙ מְבַקְּשִׁ֣ים לֶ֔חֶם
NAS: All her people groan seeking bread;
KJV: All her people sigh, they seek bread;
INT: All her people groan seeking bread

Lamentations 1:21
HEB:שָׁמְע֞וּ כִּ֧י נֶאֱנָחָ֣ה אָ֗נִי אֵ֤ין
NAS: They have heard that I groan; There is no one
KJV: They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort
INT: have heard for groan I There

Ezekiel 9:4
HEB:מִצְח֣וֹת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַנֶּֽאֱנָחִים֙ וְהַנֶּ֣אֱנָקִ֔ים עַ֚ל
NAS: of the men who sigh and groan
KJV: of the men that sigh and that cry
INT: the foreheads of the men sigh and groan over

Ezekiel 21:6
HEB:בֶן־ אָדָ֖ם הֵֽאָנַ֑ח בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן מָתְנַ֙יִם֙
NAS: of man, groan with breaking
KJV:Sigh therefore, thou son of man,
INT: son of man groan breaking heart

Ezekiel 21:6
HEB:מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ וּבִמְרִיר֔וּת תֵּֽאָנַ֖ח לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: and bitter grief, groan in their sight.
KJV: and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
INT: heart and bitter groan their sight

Ezekiel 21:7
HEB:מָ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה נֶאֱנָ֑ח וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ אֶל־
NAS: to you, 'Why do you groan?' you shall say,
KJV: And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer,
INT: how long Wherefore sighest say Because

Joel 1:18
HEB: מַה־ נֶּאֶנְחָ֣ה בְהֵמָ֗ה נָבֹ֙כוּ֙
NAS: the beasts groan! The herds
KJV: How do the beasts groan! the herds
INT: How groan the beasts wander