Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7879
שִׂיחַ
siachsee'-akh
complaint
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sîyach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7879is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7879
a contemplation; by implication, an utterance
The King James renders it: babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
siach is rendered "complaint". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 1:16Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
1 Samuel 1:16שִׂיחִ֛י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- complaint my6
- in complaint my3
- complaint1
- meditation my1
- musing1
- talk his1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שִׂיחַ | siach | to muse | Uses20 |
| שִׂיב | sib | be gray | Uses5 |
| שִׂיד | sid | lime | Uses4 |
| שִׂיחַ | siach | bush | Uses4 |
| שִׂיחָה | sichah | meditation | Uses3 |
| שִׂיב | sib | be gray | Uses2 |
| שִׂיד | sid | to whitewash | Uses2 |
| שִׂיא | si | loftiness | Uses1 |
| שִׂיג | sig | pursuing | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שִׂיחִ֑י5
- בְשִׂיחִ֑י1
- בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י1
- בְּשִׂיחִ֣י1
- שִׂחִ֑י1
- שִׂ֧יחַ1
- שִׂ֗יחַ1
- שִׂיחֽוֹ׃1
- שִׂיחִ֛י1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular7HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
1 Samuel
one use
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
- שִׂיחִ֛יsichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my
1 Kings
one use
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
- שִׂ֧יחַsiachnoun · masculine singulartagged: musing
2 Kings
one use
When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
- שִׂיחֽוֹ׃sichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: talk his
Job
five uses
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
- בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗יvesichipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in complaint my
If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
- שִׂיחִ֑יsichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- שִׂיחִ֑יsichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my
Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
- שִׂיחִ֑יsichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
- שִׂחִ֑יsichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my
Psalms
four uses
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
- בְּשִׂיחִ֣יbesichipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in complaint my
Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
- בְשִׂיחִ֑יvesichipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in complaint my
May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
- שִׂיחִ֑יsichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: meditation my
I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- שִׂיחִ֑יsichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my
Proverbs
one use
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
- שִׂ֗יחַsiachnoun · masculine singulartagged: complaint
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.