H0596 H0596
complain, murmur
This Hitpael verb describes complaining or murmuring, particularly in the context of expressing discontent to God. It appears in Numbers during Israel's wilderness rebellion and in Lamentations as a rhetorical question about the propriety of complaining against divine discipline.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Used of Israel's wilderness complaints (Num 11:1) and as a rhetorical check against murmuring over punishment (Lam 3:39). The Hitpael stem suggests reflexive or intensive action—complaining as a deliberate, self-focused act. Related to Aramaic and Arabic cognates for sighing and groaning, the word captures vocalized discontent. 2×
AR["كَ-مُتَذَمِّرِينَ", "يَشْكُو"]·ben["অভিযোগ-করে", "অভিযোগকারীদের-মতো"]·DE["[יתאונן]", "wie-complainers"]·EN["as-complainers", "should-complain"]·FR["[יתאונן]", "comme-complainers"]·heb["יתאונן", "כ-כמתאננים"]·HI["जैसे-शिकायत-करने-वाले", "शिकायत-करे"]·ID["mengeluh", "seperti-yang-mengeluh"]·IT["[יתאונן]", "come-complainers"]·jav["kados-kang-nggresah", "manungsa-gesang-sambat"]·KO["같이-불평하는자들", "원망하는가"]·PT["como-queixosos", "queixar-se-á"]·RU["как-жалующиеся", "сетует"]·ES["como-quejándose", "se-queja"]·SW["alalamike", "kama-wanaolalamika"]·TR["-gibi-şikâyet-edenler", "şikâyet-eder"]·urd["شکایت-کرنے-والوں-کی-طرح", "شکوہ-کرے"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [אָנַן] vb. only Hithpo. complain, murmur (Mish. אנן, Aramaic אֲנַן, Arabic أَنَّ, Syriac ܐܰܢ; cf. Assyrian enênu, unnînu, sigh ZimBP 22)—Impf. יִתְאוֹנֵן La 3:39 (sq. עַל־ in ‖ member); Pt. מִתְאֹנְנִים בְּאָזְנֵי י׳ Nu 11:1 (sq. acc.; vid. Di).