v. Duel
Isa 22:12 Jehovah .. called on this day .. yae
Jer 9:19 of Zion was heard the voice of e: How we have
Eze 19:1 raise e over the princes of Israel
Eze 27:2 you, son of man, raise up over Tire
Eze 32:2 son of man, lift up on Pharaoh
Lament (Heb. qîn, “sing”, “lament”, “sing a lament”). Sad and melancholic song that was sung, like a lament, on occasions of mourning for the death of someone or for calamities or misfortunes that occurred. By means of an Eastern figure, Ezekiel describes the desolation of Egypt at the hands of the Chaldeans (Eze 32:11, 16). See Duel. possessed See Demon.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
sad song, literary composition that is a lamentation, whether individual or collective. It was said or sung on the occasion of some painful situation, in the funeral mourning, for penance, Ps 78 (77), 64; Jer 6, 26; 9, 9; Lm 1; two; 3; 4; 5; Mt 11, 17; Lk 7, 32.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
Sad song with which some tragedy is lamented, like the one David composed after the death of Saul and Jonathan (2Sa 1:17-27).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, MUSI
see, DUEL
vet, sad and pitiful song that was used on days of mourning. (See DUEL.)
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
A lyrical (elegy) or musical composition that expresses deep sorrow, such as grief over the death of a friend or loved one. In the New World Translation, the term “dirge” is usually translated from the Hebrew word qi·náh, which denotes a mourning composition, elegy, or lamentation.
The Hebrew term schig·ga·yohn, used in the chapeau of Psalm 7, is also translated “dirty”, and can denote a highly emotional song with rapid changes of rhythm (NM, note). At Habakkuk 3:1 the word appears in the plural and is translated “dirty laments.” Due to their nature, dirges are related to groaning and wailing (Eze 2:10), and some of them were put in writing and preserved for a long time. Second Chronicles 35:25 reports that Jeremiah sang on the occasion of King Josiah’s death and indicates that a collection of dirges (Heb. qi·nohth) was available at that time, for it reads: “All the male singers and the female singers they continue to speak of Josiah in their dirges to this day; and they have them established as a regulatory provision on Israel, and there they are written between the dirges† .
Laments are associated with mourning, as when Jehovah told unfaithful Israel: “I will certainly make your festivals a mourning and all your songs a dirge.” (Am 8:10) So raising a dirge meant singing a eulogy, possibly indicating Jehovah’s disapproval or contrasting earlier favorable circumstances with a later unhappy situation. (Jer 7:29; Eze 19:1-14) The dirges were often chanted by the women. (Eze 27:32; Jer 9:20)
Some dirges were historical in theme, composed after an event, such as the death of a loved one. An example of this type of dirge is the one David sang when Saul and Jonathan died on Mount Gilboa fighting the Philistines. (2Sa 1:17-27; 1Sa 31:8) King David also chanted when Abner was buried. (2Sa 3:31-34) Although some dirges were composed on the occasion of a person’s death, perhaps to comfort the survivors, among God’s servants they were not intended to glorify the dead. (Ecc 9:5, 10)
The Book of Lamentations is a dirge written by Jeremiah after the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 607 BC. EC Although it expresses sorrow for desolation, it also reflects faith and hope in Jehovah. Chapter 5 begins by asking God to remember his people, who had become “mere fatherless orphans.” (Lam 3:22-27; 5:1-3; see LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF.)
Some dirges recorded in the Bible are prophetic and vividly describe a coming calamity, sometimes as if it has already occurred. For example, prophetic dirges were written against Tire and its king (Eze 26:17; 27:1, 2; 28:11-19), as well as against Egypt and Pharaoh. (Eze 32:2-16) Reference is also made to a dirge to be uttered over the desolation of Judah and Jerusalem. (Jer 9:9-11)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible