נְהִי
nĕhî
wailing
Strong's H5092NounHebrewTWOT 1311a

נְהִי (nĕhî) is a Hebrew noun meaning wailing. It appears 7 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5092).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1311a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1311a)wailing, lamentation, mourning song; elegy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְהִי noun, masculine: wailing, lamentation, mourning song

Strong's H5092 נְהִי: an elegy
KJV:lamentation, wailing.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1311: נָהָה nāhâ — wail, lament; went mourning after; groan, bewail, assemble

See it in Scripture

Jeremiah 31:15Amos 5:16Micah 2:4

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