Lexical Definition

‎נְהִי‎ nᵉhîy (neh-hee') wailing ^H:N-M
from ‎נָהָה‎

lamentation, wailing.

• an elegy

1) wailing, lamentation, mourning song
1a) wailing
1b) mourning song

See Greek: θρῆνος · κοπετός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְהִי‎ noun [masculine] wailing, lamentation, mourning song; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Amos 5:16 + 5 t.; ‎וָנֶהִ֑י‎ Jer 9:9* — wailing, at ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgement Mic 2:4 as accusative of congnate meaning with verb; Jer 9:9* (c.‎נָשָׂא עַלֿ‎, + ‎׳‎‎בְּכִ‎, || ‎קִינָה‎ ), v.Jer 9:17* (c, id.,|| ‎דִּמְעָה‎), v.Jer 9:18* (‎׳‎‎קוֺל נ‎ ), Jer 31:15 (|| ‎בְּכִי‎, ‎תַּמְרוּרִים‎); mourning song ‎׳‎‎יוֺדְעֵי נ‎ Amos 5:16 of professional mourners, skilled in mourning song; compare Jer 9:19*, where taught (|| ‎קִינָת‎), also ‎הִי‎ Ezek 2:10 (|| ‎אֵכֶל‎, ‎מִסְפֵּד‎ q. v. (Ol Co read ‎נתי‎, compare Berthol).

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