קִינֵן (qînēn) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning chant an elegy. It appears
8 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6969).
Also rendered
to chant
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2018)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2018)chant a; strike a musical note, chant, wail; lament, mourning woman
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קִינֵןverb, denominative: chant a
Polel chant a קִינָה
Strong's H6969קוּן: to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral) KJV:lament, mourning woman.
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.