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Called in the Hebrew canon 'Ekhah, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song of wailing. It is the first word of the book (see 2 Samuel 1:19-27). The LXX. adopted the name rendered "Lamentations" (Gr. threnoi = Hebrews qinoth) now in common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the prophet mourns over the desolations brought on the city and the holy land by Chaldeans. In the Hebrew Bible it is placed among the [[Ketuvim]].  

'''Lamentations''' is a book of the [[Old Testament]] in which the [[prophet]] [[Jeremiah]] mourns over the desolations brought on [[Jerusalem]] and the [[Holy Land]] by the [[Chaldeans]]. In the [[Christian]] [[Bible]] it is placed among the [[Major Prophets]], immediately after the book of Jeremiah. In the Hebrew Bible it is placed among the [[Ketuvim]].

 

In the Hebrew canon the book is known as 'Ekhah', meaning 'How', which is the first word of the book (this follows the Hebrew convention for the commencement of a song of wailing - see also 2 Samuel 1:19-27). The LXX. adopted the name rendered "Lamentations" (Gr. threnoi = Hebrew qinoth) now in common use, to denote the character of the book.  

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