אָנַן ʼânan — to mourn, i.e. complain

pronounced aw-nan' · Strong's H596 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Hitpolel

Translated in the KJV as complain.

a primitive root; to mourn, i.e. complain.

ʼânan in each stem

Hitpolel 2×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

כְּמִתְאֹ֣נְנִ֔ים Num 11:1 Participle (active), masculine plural

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. (KJV)

יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ Lam 3:39 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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