קִינָה (qînâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning elegy. It appears
18 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7015).
Also rendered
dirge
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2018a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2018a)elegy, dirge; lamentation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קִינָהnoun, feminine: elegy, dirge
Strong's H7015קִינָה: a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments) KJV:lamentation.
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 2018: קִינֵןqînēn — chant a; strike a musical note, chant, wail; lament, mourning woman