STRONGS NUMBER H6969


Word Summary
qonen: to chant an elegy or dirge
Original Word: קוּן
Transliteration: qonen
Phonetic Spelling: (koon)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to chant an elegy or dirge
Meaning: to strike a, musical note, chant, wail
Strong's Concordance
lament, mourning woman

A primitive root; to strike a musical note, i.e. Chant or wail (at a funeral) -- lament, mourning woman.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6969. qonen

[קוֺנֵן‎] verb denominative Po`l. chant a קִינָה‎; — Perfect3plural consecutive וְקוֺנְנוּEzekiel 27:32 (עַל‎ person), suffix (cognate) וְקוֺנְוּהָ32:16; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְקֹנֵן2 Samuel 1:17 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + עַל‎ person), compare (עַל‎ person only), 2 Chronicles 35:25 and (אֶל‎ person) 2 Samuel 3:33; 3feminine plural תְּקוֺנֶנָּה‎ with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, Ezekiel 32:16, + עַל‎ person 32:16; Participle as substantive Jeremiah 9:16 (professional) wailing women.