אָנַח

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

Exodus 2:23

• וַיֵּאָנְח֧וּvaiyeanechuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they groaned

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Proverbs 29:2

• יֵאָ֥נַֽחyeanachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it sighs

The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

Isaiah 24:7

• נֶאֶנְח֖וּneenchuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have groaned

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

Jeremiah 22:23

• נֵּחַנְתְּ֙nechantverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will groan

The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

Lamentations 1:4

• נֶאֱנָחִ֑יםneenachimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: groaning

Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.

Lamentations 1:8

• נֶאֶנְחָ֖הneenchahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has groaned

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

Lamentations 1:11

• נֶאֱנָחִים֙neenachimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: groaning

People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

Lamentations 1:21

• נֶאֱנָחָ֣הneenachahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: groaning

“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

Ezekiel 9:4

• הַנֶּֽאֱנָחִים֙haneenachimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who sigh

But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

Ezekiel 21:6

• הֵֽאָנַ֑חheanachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: groan
• תֵּֽאָנַ֖חteanachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will groan

And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 21:7

• נֶאֱנָ֑חneenachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: groaning

How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Joel 1:18

• נֶּאֶנְחָ֣הneenchahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has groaned