קוּן
qûwn · koon
to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lament, mourning woman.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קוּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lamented3 · 38%
- for the mourning women1 · 13%
- for thee, and lament1 · 13%
- wherewith they shall lament1 · 13%
- shall lament1 · 13%
- her: they shall lament1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.