si.ach denotes sustained reflection on God’s precepts, works, and ways, and can also mark speaking or recounting.

The verb most often marks sustained attention directed toward precepts, statutes, God’s works, or his ways; in other clauses it occurs in commands or statements about speaking, recounting, or considering.

1. Reflecting attentively on instruction and works · dominant

   The Qal cohortative and infinitive forms occur where the speaker directs attention toward precepts, statutes, God’s works, or his ways. In Psalm 119:15 the APB renders the clause, "In your precepts I will muse and look upon your ways," while Psalm 143:5 places the form after remembering former days and meditating on God’s works.

   Psalm 119:15Psalm 119:27Psalm 119:48Psalm 119:78Psalm 143:5Psalm 145:5
2. Speaking, recounting, or considering · common

   Qal imperatives address groups or an individual in settings of recounting or consideration: 1 Chronicles 16:9 calls for attention to God’s wondrous acts, and Job 12:8 addresses the earth in a clause the APB renders "speak to the earth." Psalm 105:2 similarly stands beside singing and telling of wonderful works; Proverbs 6:22 uses a third-person feminine singular form in the clause rendered "it will speak to you."

   1 Chronicles 16:9Job 12:8Judges 5:10Psalm 105:2Proverbs 6:22Isaiah 53:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB variously presents the relevant clauses with "muse," "meditate," "speak," "tell," and "consider." Because it is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses’ contexts rather than fixed English equivalents.