Words the Bible translates as mourning
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- evelאֵבֶלmourning: a recognized, outward state of grief marked by set customs and a fixed span of time, not merely an inner feeling.
- mispedמִסְפֵּדloud, public wailing: the formal outcry of grief, with beating of the breast, that mourns a death or a disaster
- avelאָבֵלa mourner: a person who is in mourning for the dead, marked out by it and waiting to be comforted
- nehiנְהִיwailing: the loud, drawn-out cry of grief raised over the dead or over a ruined land, and the mourning song made out of that cry
- odurmosὀδυρμόςmourningnot studied yet
- ta'aniyyahתַּאֲנִיָּהmourningnot studied yet
- marze'aḥמַרְזֵחַmourningnot studied yet
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