nih.yah denotes a lamenting response within a taunt song over utter ruin.

The attested use describes lamenting as part of a taunt song spoken over devastation and loss in Micah 2:4.

1. Lamenting over ruin and loss · dominant

   In Micah 2:4, the Niphal perfect masculine singular form occurs in the announcement that a taunt song will be raised; the APB renders the surrounding response as people who “wail with bitter lamentation” and say that they are utterly ruined and their fields are removed.

   Micah 2:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Micah 2:4, the APB presents the surrounding clause with “wail with bitter lamentation” within a taunt song of ruin. That wording cannot be assigned to the form with complete precision.