Word Study · Strong's H5092 · Hebrew
נְהִי
nehi
neh-hee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nᵉhîy
“an elegy”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an elegy
Rendered in the KJV as
lamentation, wailing.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- וָנֶ֗הִי1
- נְהִ֛י1
- נְהִי֙1
- נְהִ֤י1
- נֶ֑הִי1
- נֶ֔הִי1
- נֶֽהִי׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- a mourning song2
- wailing2
- a wailing1
- and wailing1
- of lamentation1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 6
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 9:10וָנֶ֗הִיvanehiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularI will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.here: and wailing
- Jeremiah 9:18נֶ֑הִיnehinoun · masculine singularLet them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.here: wailing
- Jeremiah 9:19נְהִ֛יnehinoun · masculine singularFor the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”here: wailing
- Jeremiah 9:20נֶ֔הִיnehinoun · masculine singularNow, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.here: a mourning song
- Jeremiah 31:15נְהִי֙nehinoun · masculine singularThis is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”here: a mourning song