Lamentation
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).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Lamentation
LAMENTATION (, ).An expression of sorrow accompanied by wailing and other demonstrations of grief. It is associated in Joh 16:20 with weeping, and also in Luk 23:27, in the case of the women accompanying the Saviour to the Crucifixion. It is applied equally to sorrow for the dead and to grief for approaching disaster (Mat 2:18, Joh 16:20, Luk 23:27), and it is referred to by the Lord as one of the common games of children.
When a death occurred, it was intimated at once by a loud wail which is described (Mar 5:38) as accompanied by a tumult, and this lamentation was renewed at the grave of the deceased. Oriental demonstrations of grief are very vivid. Mourners hang over the lifeless form and beg for a response from its lips. When a young person dies unmarried, part of the ceremony of mourning is a form of marriage (see art. Mourning). Lamentation for the dead was also accompanied by beating the breast and tearing the hair, as well as by rending the garments (see Rending of Garments) and fasting.
W. H. Rankine.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Lamentation
lam-en-tashun. See BURIAL, III, 2; IV, 4, 5, 6.