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 Samuel 1:17-27) It
was a frequent accompaniment of mourning
(Amos 8:10) In
(2 Samuel 3:33,34)
is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form
of a lament when it predicted calamity
(Ezekiel 27:2,32; 28:12; 32:2,16)
