אֲנַחְנוּ H0585
Sighing, groaning — the audible sound of grief, distress, or spiritual anguish drawn from the depths of suffering
The noun אֲנָחָה (anachah) captures the involuntary, audible expression of deep sorrow or physical pain — the heavy sighing or groaning that wells up from one in distress. Job declares that his sighing comes instead of bread and his groaning pours out like water (Job 3:24), making it a substitute for ordinary life. The psalmist is worn out from groaning and weeping (Ps 6:6; 31:10; 38:9; 102:5), and Isaiah looks forward to a day when 'sorrow and sighing shall flee away' (Isa 35:10; 51:11). Lamentations 1:22 pairs it with a sick heart. Spanish 'gemido/suspiro' and French 'soupir/gémissement' both capture the blend of grief and exhaustion.
Senses
1. sighing, groaning — An audible sigh or groan arising from grief, pain, or spiritual anguish. Job uses it for the involuntary lament that replaces normal sustenance (Job 3:24; 23:2). The Psalms make it a hallmark of the suffering righteous: the psalmist is consumed by groaning (Ps 6:6; 31:10; 38:9; 102:5). Isaiah pairs it with sorrow as something that will vanish in the eschatological restoration (Isa 35:10; 51:11). Lamentations and Ezekiel employ it for communal grief over Jerusalem's devastation (Lam 1:22; Ezek 21:6-7). Spanish 'gemido' and English 'groaning' both convey the visceral, uncontrollable quality of this sorrow-sound. 11×
AR["آهَاتِي", "أَنيني", "التَّنَهُّدَاتِ", "بِ-تَنَهُّدِي", "بِالتَّنَهُّدِ", "تَنَهُّدي", "تَنَهُّدَاتِي", "فِي-تَنَهُّدِي", "وَ-التَّنَهُّدُ", "وَ-تَنَهُّدٌ", "وَتَنَهُّدي"]·ben["-এবং-দীর্ঘশ্বাস", "-তার-দীর্ঘশ্বাস", "আমার-কাতরোক্তিতে", "আমার-দীর্ঘশ্বাস", "আমার-দীর্ঘশ্বাসে", "আমার-দীর্ঘশ্বাসের", "ও-আমার-দীর্ঘশ্বাস", "ও-দীর্ঘশ্বাস", "দীর্ঘশ্বাসে"]·DE["[אנחתה]", "[אנחתי]", "[באנחתי]", "[ואנחה]", "in-groaning", "mein-groaning", "mit-mein-groaning", "und-mein-sighing"]·EN["and-my-sighing", "and-sighing", "in-groaning", "its-sighing", "my-groaning", "my-groans", "my-sighing", "with-my-groaning"]·FR["[אנחתה]", "[אנחתי]", "[באנחתי]", "[ואנחה]", "dans-gémissement", "et-gémissement", "gémissement", "mon-אנחתי-moi"]·heb["אנחותיי", "אנחתה", "אנחתי", "ב-אנחה", "ב-אנחתי", "ו-אנחה", "ו-אנחת-י"]·HI["अपनी-आहों-से", "और-आह", "और-आह-मेरी", "कराहना", "में-आह-भरने", "में-मेरी-आह", "मेरी-आह", "मेरी-आहें", "मेरी-कराहट"]·ID["dalam-keluhan-ku", "dan-keluh-kesah", "dan-keluhan", "dengan-keluhanku", "keluh-kesah-ku", "keluhan-keluhanku", "keluhanku", "keluhannya"]·IT["e-sospiro", "mio-groaning-mio", "mio-sighing-mio", "sospiro"]·jav["ing-pasambatan-kula", "ing-sambat", "ing-sesambatan-kula", "keluh-kawula", "lan-pasambat", "lan-sambat-kula", "pasambat-kawula", "pasambat-kula", "pasambatipun", "sesambat-kawula"]·KO["그리고-내-탄식-이", "그리고-탄식이", "나-의-탄식-의", "나의-탄식", "나의-탄식에", "나의-탄식이", "내-탄식들-이", "탄식-으로", "탄식을"]·PT["do-meu-gemido", "e-gemido", "e-meu-gemido", "e-suspiro", "em-gemido", "em-meu-gemido", "gemido-meu", "meu-gemido.", "meus-gemidos", "seu-gemido"]·RU["в-стенании", "в-стенаниях-моих", "вздохи-мои", "воздыхание-моё", "и-вздох-мой", "и-воздыхание", "стенание-моё", "стенанию", "стенания-моего"]·ES["de-mi-gemir", "en-gemido", "en-mi-gemido", "mi-gemido", "mi-gemido.", "mis-gemidos", "su-gemido", "y-gemido", "y-mi-suspiro"]·SW["kilio-changu", "kuugua", "kuugua-kwangu", "kwa-kuugua", "kwa-kuugua-kwangu", "na-kuugua", "na-kuugua-kwangu"]·TR["-de-inlemelerimde", "iniltimin", "iniltimle-", "iniltisini", "inim", "inlemelerim", "inlememin", "iç-çekişte", "ve-ic-cekme", "ve-inlemem", "ve-iç-cekme"]·urd["-آہوں-میں", "-اپنی-آہوں-سے", "آہ-میری", "آہوں-اپنی-میں", "آہیں", "اور-آہ", "اور-آہیں", "اور-میری-آہ", "میری-آہ-کی", "میری-آہیں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אֲנַחְנוּ pron. 1 pl. we v. infr.