a.niy.yah denotes lamentation in contexts of mourning and devastation.

The attested use denotes lamentation associated with mourning: Isaiah 29:2 places it in the affliction of Ariel, while Lamentations 2:5 places it amid the ruin and increased mourning of the daughter of Judah.

1. Lamentation amid mourning and ruin · dominant

   In Isaiah 29:2, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the clause where Ariel is pressed and the APB renders “mourning and lamentation.” In Lamentations 2:5, the same form occurs where palaces and strongholds are ruined and the APB renders increased “mourning and lamentation” in the daughter of Judah.

   Isaiah 29:2Lamentations 2:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both cited verses, the APB presents the clause with “mourning and lamentation.” The individual contribution of the lemma cannot be isolated beyond this paired presentation.