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kom -plān´ing ( צוחה , cewāḥāh , "cry," "outcry," שׂיה , sı̄aḥ , "meditation," "complaint"): cewāḥāh is translated "complaining" (Psalm 144:14 , the Revised Version (British and American) "outcry," "no complaining (outcry) in our streets," i.e. "open places" where the people commonly assembled near the gate of the city (compare 2 Chronicles 32:6; Nehemiah 8:1 ); a picture of peace in the city (compare Isaiah 24:11; Jeremiah 14:2 ); some render "battlecry"; sı̄aḥ (the Revised Version (British and American) Proverbs 23:29 , the King James Version "babbling"), of the drunkard.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Complaining'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​c/complaining.html. 1915.
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