Mourning & Wailing
(Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this
form
of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and
Jonathan (2 Sam.
1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning
(Amos
8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament
over Abner.
Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it
predicted
calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32...
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Frequent references are found in Scripture to, (1.) Mourning
for
the dead. Abraham mourned for Sarah (Gen. 23:2);
Jacob for
Joseph (37:34, 35); the Egyptians for Jacob (50:3-
10); Israel
for Aaron (Num. 20:29), for Moses (Deut. 34:8), and
for Samuel
(1 Sam. 25:1); David for Abner (2 Sam. 3:31, 35);
Mary and
Martha for Lazarus (John 11); de...
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Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus;
Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all
the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman
to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to
wailing....
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Hebrew eechah called from the first word "How," etc., the
formula in beginning a lamentation (2 Samuel 1:19). These
"Lamentations" (we get the title from Septuagint, Greek
threnoi, Hebrew kinot) or five elegies in the Hebrew Bible
stand between Ruth and Ecclesiastes, among the Cherubim, or
Hagiographa (holy writings), designated from the princ...
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The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath
swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong
holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning
and lamentation....
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And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that
our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out
with waters....
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ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai):
I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT
1. Reasons for This
2. The Burial of Jesus
3. The Usual Time
4. Duties of Next of Kin
II. PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL
1. Often Informal and Hasty
2. Usually with More Ceremony
3. Contrasts between Jewish Customs and Other Peoples'
(1) Cremation
(2) Embalmi...
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gref, grev: There are some 20 Hebrew words translated in the
King James Version by "grief," "grieve," "to be grieved,"
etc. Among the chief are chalah, choli, yaghon, ka`ac,
atsabh. They differ, partly, in their physical origin, and
partly, in the nature and cause of the feeling expressed.
the Revised Version (British and American) in several ...
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For the dead
Head uncovered
Le 10:6; 21:10
Lying on the ground
2Sa 12:16
Personal appearance neglected
2Sa 14:2
Cutting the flesh
Le 19:28; 21:1-5; De 14:1; Jer 16:6,7; 41:5
Lamentations
Ge 50:10; Ex 12:30; 1Sa 30:4; Jer 22:18; Mt 2:17,18
Fasting
1Sa 31:13; 2Sa 1:12; 3:35
-Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
Le 21:1-11
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