1) to chant a dirge, chant, wail, lament 1a) (Polel) to lament
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H6969 — קִינֵן
qun · to chant · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
2 Samuel 1:17 · וַיְקֹנֵ֣ןThen David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,2 Samuel 3:33 · וַיְקֹנֵ֥ןAnd the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?2 Chronicles 35:25 · וַיְקוֹנֵ֣ןThen Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.Jeremiah 9:17 · לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹתThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.