Lexicon
נִי
ni
H5204
H:N-M Hebrew

wailing

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ni denotes the mourning utterance raised in a lament over Tyre's destruction.

The attested use places ni in a lament: mourners raise it over Tyre as they chant about the city destroyed in the sea.

Senses in use

  1. Mourning utterance in a lament · dominant

    In Ezekiel 27:32, the singular construct noun occurs in the phrase describing a dirge lifted up over Tyre; the APB renders the surrounding clause, "And they lifted up a dirge for you in their wailing," before reporting the chant over the destroyed city.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 27:32, the APB presents the surrounding lament with "a dirge" and "their wailing." It does not establish which of those English expressions corresponds specifically to ni.

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