שיח

Hebrew

Root
שׂ־י־ח (s-y-kh)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsiaχ/

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Noun

שִׂיחַ • (síakh) m (plural indefinite שִׂיחִים, plural construct שִׂיחֵי־)

1. A bush, a shrub.
   • Tanach, Genesis 21:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּכְלוּ הַמַּיִם מִן־הַחֶמֶת; וַתַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד תַּחַת אַחַד הַשִּׂיחִם.

     vayyichəlú hammáyim min-haḥémet; vattashléch et-hayyéled táḥat aḥád hassiḥím.

     And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

Noun

שִׂיחַ • (síakh) m (no plural forms)

1. a conversation, a discourse
   • Tanach, 102:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     תְּפִלָּה לְעָנִי כִי־יַעֲטֹף; וְלִפְנֵי יהוה יִשְׁפֹּךְ שִׂיחוֹ.

     təfillá lə'aní ki-ya'tóf; vəlifnḗ YHVH yishpóch siḥó.

     A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.

Synonyms

• שִׂיחָה f (sikhá)

Derived terms

• דּוּ שִׂיחַ

References

• H7880 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible