siach · talk, meditate

What it means

siach (שִׂיחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “talk, meditate”.

Speak of something, meditate, turn a matter over aloud or within oneself.

How to say it

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

1. To tell something, recount God's works.
2. To pour out one's grief aloud, in lament.
3. To ponder something deeply.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• I will reflect ×5
• speak ×5
• reflect ×3
• I will complain ×2
• talk ×2
• I complain ×1
• reflects ×1
• will consider it ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Judges×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×14
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×1

• Judges 5:10

  You who ride white donkeys, who sit on rugs, and who walk on the road, speak of it!

• 1 Chronicles 16:9

  Sing to him, sing psalms to him; speak of all his wonders.

• Job 7:11

  So I too will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the distress of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

• Job 12:8

  or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will recount it to you.

• Psalms 55:17

  Evening and morning and noon I will complain and moan, and he will hear my voice.

• Psalms 69:12

  Those who sit in the gate talk about me, and I am the ditties of those who drink intoxicating drink.

• Psalms 77:3

  I remember Elohim and moan; I complain, and my spirit grows faint. Selah.

• Psalms 77:6

  I remember my song in the night; with my heart I speak, and my spirit searches:

• Psalms 77:12

  And I will meditate on all your work, and on your deeds I will reflect.

• Psalms 105:2

  Sing to him, sing psalms to him; speak of all his wonders.

• Psalms 119:15

  On your precepts I will reflect, and I will look to your paths.

• Psalms 119:23

  Even princes sat and spoke against me; your servant reflects on your statutes.

• Psalms 119:27

  The way of your precepts make me understand, and I will reflect on your wonders.

• Psalms 119:48

  And I will lift up my palms to your commandments, which I have loved, and I will reflect on your statutes.

• Psalms 119:78

  Let the insolent be ashamed, for with lies they have wronged me; I will reflect on your precepts.

• Psalms 119:148

  My eyes went ahead of the watches of the night, to reflect on your saying.

• Psalms 143:5

  I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your deeds; on the work of your hands I reflect.

• Psalms 145:5

  On the majesty of the glory of your splendor and on the matters of your wonders I will reflect.

• Proverbs 6:22

  When you walk about, it will lead you; when you lie down, it will watch over you; and when you awake, it will talk with you.

• Isaiah 53:8

  By oppression and by judgment he was taken away; and his generation, who will consider it? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people the blow was for him.