נְהִיnᵉhîy

wailing, lamentation, mourning song (Amos 5:16; Jeremiah 9:9; Micah 2:4; Jeremiah 9:17; Jeremiah 9:18)

Pronunciation: neh-hee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5092

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Jeremiah 9:10 I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.
  • Jeremiah 9:18 Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.
  • Jeremiah 9:19 Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair, ‘We are ruined! We are completely humiliated! We must leave our land, because our homes have been torn down.’”
  • Jeremiah 9:20 Listen, you women, to the words of the Lord; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.
  • Jeremiah 31:15 This is what the Lord says: “A cry is heard in Ramah— deep anguish and bitter weeping. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted— for her children are gone.”
  • Amos 5:16 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “There will be crying in all the public squares and mourning in every street. Call for the farmers to weep with you, and summon professional mourners to wail.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).