a.na.chah denotes the expression of distress, heard amid pain, exhaustion, and sorrow that is destined to flee.

The attested use describes an expression of distress in personal suffering and in scenes where sorrow is removed: it accompanies pain, complaint, toil, and bodily weakness, while Isaiah 35:10 and Isaiah 51:11 place it among what will flee before joy.

1. Expression of distress in suffering and its removal · dominant

   Construct forms occur in statements of personal affliction: in Job 3:24 the APB renders the clause “my sighing comes before my food,” and in Jeremiah 45:3 it renders “I have toiled in my sighing.” In Isaiah 35:10 and Isaiah 51:11, the absolute singular stands in the clause where “sorrow and sighing will flee,” setting this distress-expression in contrast to the joy described in those verses.

   Job 3:24Jeremiah 45:3Job 23:2Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:11Lamentations 1:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “sighing” in several clauses, including Job 3:24, Jeremiah 45:3, Isaiah 35:10, and Isaiah 51:11. In some supplied Psalm verses, the translation describes the surrounding distress without transparently isolating the noun’s contribution.