Proverbs 23:29:9Prov.23.29.W9TAB

שִׂ֗יחַ

siakh

complaining

Transliteration
SI-akh
Extended
SEE-akh
IPA
/ˈsiː.aħ/

Meaning by language

English
complaining

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Result
שִׂ֗י + חַ
si + akh
siakh

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    SI-akh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh

  3. clause

    le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM

  4. sentence

    le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM le-MI khakh-li-LUT e-NA-yim

Exegesis

The singular noun śîḥ {שִׂיחַ | śî-ḥ} ‘complaint’ shifts to personal unrest.

In contextProverbs 23:29

For whom is woe, for whom is sorrow, for whom are contentions, for whom are disputes, for whom is complaining, for whom are wounds without cause, for whom is redness of eyes?

About this coordinate

Proverbs 23:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 23:29, so the Hebrew word שִׂ֗יחַ (siakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.23.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.29.W9.S1) and character.