שיח

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Hebrew edit

Root
שׂ־י־ח (ś-y-ḥ)

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שִׂיחַ (síakhm (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 edit

שִׂיחַ (síakhm (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.

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