Ezekiel 19:1:3Ezek.19.1.W3TAB
קִינָ֔ה
kina
“a lamentation”
- Transliteration
- ki-NA
- Extended
- kih-NAA
- IPA
- /qiːˈnɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a lamentation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-NA
- phraseyour reading level
SA ki-NA
- sentence
ve-a-TA SA ki-NA el-ne-si-E yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Qal imperative sa {שָׂא | śā} ‘lift up’ issues the prophetic command, pairing with the noun kinah {קִינָה֔ | qî-nāh} ‘lamentation’, a set poetic dirge.
Root and etymology
Rootq-n-h
“lament”
In context — Ezekiel 19:1
And you are to lift up a lamentation over the princes of Israel .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 19:1, so the Hebrew word קִינָ֔ה (kina) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.19.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.1.W3.S1) and character.