How to Pronounce Lamentations
lam-ehn-TAY-shuhnz
Lamentations is pronounced lam-ehn-TAY-shuhnz (ˌlæmɛnˈteɪʃənz): four syllables, stress on the third.
What is Lamentations?
Called in the Hebrew canon ’Ekhah, meaning “How,” being the formula for the commencement of a song of wailing. It is the first word of the book (see 2 Sam. 1:19-27). The LXX. adopted the name rendered “Lamentations” (Gr. threnoi = Heb. qinoth) now in common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the prophet mourns over the desolations brought on the city and the holy land by Chaldeans. In the Hebrew Bible it is placed among the Khethubim. (See BIBLE.) As to its authorship, there is no room for hesitancy in following the LXX. and the Targum in ascribing it to Jeremiah.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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