Jastrow: קִינָה

קִינָה f. (b. h.; קוּן) [rhythmic song (v. P. Sm. 3603 s. v. קינא),] lamentation, dirge. M. Kat. III, 9 ק׳ שאחת מדברת וכ׳ a lamentation is called ḳinah, when one speaks &c., v. עִינּוּי I. Ber. 7ᵇ (ref. to Ps. III, 1) מזמור … ק׳ וכ׳ ‘a song of David’? it ought to read, ‘a lamentation of David.’ Lam. R. to IV, 11 (ref. to Ps. LXXIX, 1) לא הוה קרא … בכי … נהי … ק׳ לאסף the text ought to read, ‘a weeping of Asaf’, ‘an elegy of Asaf’, ‘a lamentation of Asaf’. Ib. introd., end (ref. to Jer. IX, 9) על נאותיו … שנהפכו לק׳ over the beauties (pleasures) of Jacob which have been changed into mourning; a. fr.—[Gitt. 58ᵃ ועליהן קינה, v. קוּן.]—Pl. קִינוֹת, esp. ספר ק׳, מגילת ק׳, or ק׳ the Book of Lamentations. B. Bath. 14ᵇ סדרן … ק׳ וכ׳ the order of the books of Hagiographa is: Ruth … and Lamentations &c. Ib. 15ᵃ ירמיה … וקנות (corr. acc.) Jeremiah composed the book that bears his name, the Book of Kings, and Lamentations. Ḥag. 5ᵇ רבי … ספר ק׳ Rabbi took up the Book of Lamentations and read &c. Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ top היו … במגילת ק׳ were sitting and explaining the scroll of Lamentations; Lam. R. to IV, 20; Lev. R. s. 15; a. e.—Y. Pes. VIII, end, 36ᵇ; Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᵈ top קִינִים ונהי lamentations and elegies.