אָנַן
anan · complain
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H596 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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anan (אָנַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “complain”.
Lament.
How to say it
a·nan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To grumble bitterly about one's trouble.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Numbers 11:1
And the people became like those who complain of misfortune in the ears of YHWH; and YHWH heard and his anger burned, and the fire of YHWH blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
- Lamentations 3:39
Why should a human being who lives complain? Let a man complain about his sins.