How to Pronounce Lamentation
LAM-en-TAY-shuhn
Lamentation is pronounced LAM-en-TAY-shuhn (ˌlæmɛnˈteɪʃən): four syllables, stress on the first and third.
What is Lamentation?
(Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David’s lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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