Anachah אֲנָחָה

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Anachah (Hebrew אֲנָחָה, Strong's H585) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “sighing”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

sighing, groaning (expression of grief or physical distress)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	sighing (5), groaning (4), mourning (1), sighs (1)
BSB	groaning (4), my groaning (2), sighing (2), i sigh (1), her groaning (1), my groans (1)

Every verse with Anachah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Job 23:2
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Psalm 31:10
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
Psalm 38:9
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
Psalm 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
Isaiah 51:11
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Jeremiah 45:3
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

Lamentations 1:22
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).