ta.a.niy.yah denotes mourning in scenes of affliction and devastation.

The two attested uses place the noun in contexts of affliction: Ariel is pressed so that mourning and lamentation follow in Isaiah 29:2, while Judah's devastation increases mourning and lamentation in Lamentations 2:5.

1. Mourning amid affliction and devastation · dominant

   Both occurrences use a common feminine singular absolute noun in clauses describing distress. In Isaiah 29:2 the APB renders that Ariel will be pressed and that there will be “mourning and lamentation”; in Lamentations 2:5 it renders Judah's ruined strongholds as increasing “mourning and lamentation” in the daughter of Judah.

   Isaiah 29:2Lamentations 2:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In both verses, the APB presents the clause with “mourning and lamentation.” That paired wording cannot isolate the noun's individual English equivalent.