Daniel Whedon 1-3. A dirge. Hear ye this word Compare Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1. Lamentation Hebrews kinah. A technical term for a dirge in memory of a departed friend. It is not a spontaneous expression of grief, but a formal composition, long or short, artificially constructed. These dirges are composed in a peculiar meter, the so-called kinah verse, in which the lines are longer than ordinarily in Hebrew poetry, each consisting of two parts, of which the second is a little shorter than the first, the... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-3
1-3. A dirge. Hear ye this word Compare Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1. Lamentation Hebrews kinah. A technical term for a dirge in memory of a departed friend. It is not a spontaneous expression of grief, but a formal composition, long or short, artificially constructed. These dirges are composed in a peculiar meter, the so-called kinah verse, in which the lines are longer than ordinarily in Hebrew poetry, each consisting of two parts, of which the second is a little shorter than the first, the... read more