To muse
שִׂיחַStrong’s H7878siach (si-ach)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Siach is the Hebrew word usually translated “meditate”, “complain” and “tell”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.”
Meaning
- To put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing(Qal) · (Polel) to meditate, consider, put forth thoughts
How it's translated
- i will meditate 4
- i will complain 3
- tell 2
- tell out 1
- complain 1
- they speak 1
- he meditates 1
- so let me meditate 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 14
- Job 2
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 16:9Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
- Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- Psalms 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
- Psalms 77:3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Hebrew dictionary
שִׂיחַ siach · to muse
1) to put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to complain 1a2) to muse, meditate upon, study, ponder 1a3) to talk, sing, speak 1b) (Polel) to meditate, consider, put forth thoughts
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “meditate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MED'ITATE, verb intransitive
[Latin meditor.]
- To dwell on any thing in thought; to contemplate; to study; to turn or revolve any subject in the mind; appropriately but not exclusively used of pious contemplation, or a consideration of the great truths of religion.“His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night” Psalms 1:2
- To intend; to have in contemplation.
All definitions and other forms of “meditate”
MED'ITATE, verb transitive
To plan by revolving in the mind; to contrive; to intend.
- To think on; to revolve in the mind.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.