שִׂיחַ
sîyach · H7878 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences
Meanings
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to moan
Poetic term; action by which humans produce inarticulate sounds expressing distress
ExamplesPsalm 55:17 Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and moan, And He will hear my voice.
Psalm 77:3 When I remember God, then I am restless; When I sigh, then my spirit feels weak. Selah
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to meditate
Poetic term; action by which humans speak softly for themselves as if thinking out loud
ExamplesPsalm 77:6 I will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, And my spirit ponders:
Psalm 77:12 I will meditate on all Your work, And on Your deeds with thanksgiving.
Psalm 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways.
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to speak
Poetic term; action by which humans utter words with the focus on what is said
ExamplesJudges 5:10 “You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road—shout in praise!
1 Chronicles 16:9 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders.
Job 7:11 “Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
20 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated: I 10
- Not stated: you (more than one) 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
- דּוֹרgeneration 1
- הָדָרmajesty 1
- ךָּyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
14 occurrences in 10 groups
- בin/on/with+ פָּלָאto be wonderful, to do wonders 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- διηγέομαι diēgéomai · G1334 · to inform, to relate, to tell fully
- διηγέομαι (diēgéomai, G1334) captures the declarative/narrative dimension of שִׂיחַ (sîyach, H7878) with emphasis on full recounting or relating of events, corresponding to the 'declare/speak/talk' senses within שִׂיחַ's broader semantic range that also includes meditative and prayer-oriented uses not covered by διηγέομαι.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Sounds002004001009007
- The verb used of singing praise aloud, as in the call to "sing to Him, sing praises to Him; speak of all His wonders" (1 Chronicles 16:9).
- Speak002004001009008
- The same verb for speaking or addressing directly, used of Job's challenge to "speak to the earth" and let it teach (Job 12:8) and his own resolve to "speak in the anguish of my spirit" (Job 7:11).
- Think002004002013
- This domain reflects the verb's "meditate/muse" sense named in the Strong's gloss, present in the inward, reflective quality of Job's complaint (Job 7:11) though not sharply distinguished there from ordinary speech; the citation sampled at Psalm 55:18 does not itself clearly show the word, likely reflecting a one-verse offset from the actual complaining/musing occurrence at Psalm 55:17 in English numbering.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7878. siach שִׂיחַ verb denominative muse, complain, in poetry talk (of); — Qal…
שִׂיחַ verb denominative muse, complain, in poetry talk (of); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יָשִׂיחַ Psa 119:23; Psa 119:3feminine singular suffix תְּשִׂיחֶ֑ךָ Pro 6:22; Pro 6:1singular אָשִׂיחַ Psa 119:78 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שִׂיחַ Job 12:8, masculine plural שִׂיחוּ Jdg 5:10 +; Infinitiveconstruct שִׂיחַ Psa 119:148; —
1 complain: Psa 55:18; Psa 77:4 (both || הָמָה), Job 7:11 (נַפְשִׁי בְּמַר), + Psa 6:7 (read probably אָשִׁימָה for אַשְׁחֶה).
2 muse: עִםלְֿבָבִי Psa 77:7; with ב, meditate upon, study, God's עֲלִילוֺת Psa 77:13 (|| הָגָה); מִּקּוּדִים Psa 119:15; Psa 119:78; חֻמִּים Psa 119:23; Psa 119:48; נִפְלָאוֺת Psa 119:27; אִמְרָה Psa 119:148; with accusative נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ דִּבְרֵי Psa 145:5.
3. a. talk (about), sing (of): absolute Jdg 5:10 (ode); with ב, Psa 105:2 = 1Ch 16:9 (|| זִמֵּר שִׁיר,; so SS Gerber, but possibly =
2, so Dr), Psa 69:13 (ב person against; || נְגִינוֺת, of mocking words).
b. with suffix person talk (with) Pro 6:22 (strike out Toy); with לְ speak to Job 12:8 (Di 'sprich sinnend'; Hi Bu read שֶׁרֶץ; Kau חַיַּת (so Bu as alternative), Bö and others below II. שִׂיחַ).
Pol`el meditate, consider: Imperfect3masculine singular יְשׂוֺחֵחַ Isa 53:8 (absolute); 1 singular אֲשׂוֺחֵחַ Psa 143:5 (ב of thing; || הָגָה). — Gen 24:63 see I. שׁוּמ.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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