Study it in the app“This is a dirge, and they will chant it as a dirge; the daughters of the nations will chant it; over Egypt and over all her multitude they will chant it, declares Adonai YHWH.’””
Thisהִיאis a dirge,קִינָהand they will chant it as a dirge;וְקוֹנְנוּהָthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםwill chantתְּקוֹנֵנָּהit;אוֹתָהּover Egyptעַל מִצְרַיִםand over allוְעַל כָּלher multitudeהֲמוֹנָהּthey will chantתְּקוֹנֵנָּהit,אוֹתָהּdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.’”יְהוִה
lament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kina” appearschant a dirge
Chant a dirge, lament the dead in song.
Where else “konnu” appearsgirl
The young women of a people.
Where else “benot” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsmultitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamona” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsYHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
15When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and the land is desolated of its fullness, when I strike all who live in it, they will know that I am YHWH.
16 · This verse (above)
17And it came about in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
