What does קוּן mean in the Bible?
e. chant or wail (at a funeral)".
Hebrew · H6969
קוּן
To strike a musical note , i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
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קוּן H6969
What does קוּן mean in the Bible?
קוּן is a Hebrew word meaning "to strike a musical note , i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6969?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and mourn (1), is the lament (1), lamented (1), sang this lament (1), the wailing women (1).
Where does קוּן appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Samuel 1:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (4), 2 Samuel (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and mourn 1× Ezekiel 27:32
is the lament 1× Ezekiel 32:16
lamented 1× 2 Chronicles 35:25
sang this lament 1× 2 Samuel 3:33
the wailing women 1× Jeremiah 9:17
they will chant it 1× Ezekiel 32:16
took up 1× 2 Samuel 1:17
will chant it 1× Ezekiel 32:16
Show sample aligned rows
2 Samuel 1:17 וַיְקֹנֵ֣ן to took up Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 2 Samuel 3:33 וַיְקֹנֵ֥ן to sang this lament Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 35:25 וַיְקוֹנֵ֣ן to lamented Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Jeremiah 9:17 לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת to the wailing women Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural Ezekiel 27:32 וְקוֹנְנ֖וּ to and mourn Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Ezekiel 32:16 וְק֣וֹנְנ֔וּהָ to is the lament Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular Ezekiel 32:16 תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּה to will chant it Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Ezekiel 32:16 תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּה to they will chant it Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Samuel 1:17
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 4
2 Samuel 2 2 Chronicles 1 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 4
Source forms
תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּה 2x tə·qō·w·nên·nāh Ezekiel 32:16
וַיְקוֹנֵ֣ן 1x way·qō·w·nên 2 Chronicles 35:25
וַיְקֹנֵ֣ן 1x way·qō·nên 2 Samuel 1:17
וַיְקֹנֵ֥ן 1x way·qō·nên 2 Samuel 3:33
וְקוֹנְנ֖וּ 1x wə·qō·wn·nū Ezekiel 27:32
וְק֣וֹנְנ֔וּהָ 1x wə·qō·wn·nū·hā Ezekiel 32:16
לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת 1x lam·qō·wn·nō·wṯ Jeremiah 9:17
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x 2 Samuel 1:17, 2 Samuel 3:33, 2 Chronicles 35:25
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural 2x Ezekiel 32:16
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 1x Ezekiel 27:32
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular 1x Ezekiel 32:16
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural 1x Jeremiah 9:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to strike a musical note , i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
Source Gloss
to strike a musical note , i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral) BDB: chant a Usage: lament, mourning woman.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 2
Polel 2×
Imperfect Ezek 32:16 2×
Word Origins
קוּן is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain