Dict: easton - Lamentation

Lamentation @ (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan ( kjv@2Samuel:1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning kjv@Amos:8:10). In kjv@2Samuel:3:33-34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity kjv@Ezekiel:27:2-32 kjv@Ezekiel:28:12 kjv@Ezekiel:32:2 ,16).