Words the Bible translates as wailing
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- klauthmosκλαυθμόςloud, audible weeping: grief cried out so it can be heard, not silent tears.
- mispedמִסְפֵּדloud, public wailing: the formal outcry of grief, with beating of the breast, that mourns a death or a disaster
- 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
- yelalahיְלָלָהwailingnot studied yet
- niנִיwailingnot studied yet
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