Nâhâh — H5091

Definition

verb

to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation)

1. to wail, lament
1. (Qal) to wail, lament
2. (Niphal) to go mourning after

Usually translated as

lament, wail

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• epiblépō (G1914)
• thrēnéō (G2354)

Occurrences

Nâhâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Ezekiel (1), Micah (1)

• 1 Samuel 7:2 — And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented (וַיִּנָּה֛וּ) after the LORD.
• Ezekiel 32:18 — Son of man, wail (נְהֵ֛ה) for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
• Micah 2:4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament (וְנָהָ֨ה) with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.