3 occurrences

'Wails' in the Bible

It has gone up [to] the house, and Dibon [to] the high places for weeping over Nebo, and Moab wails over Medeba. {Every head is bald}, every beard [is] shaved.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessBeardsHeadsHigh PlacesKnives

They gird themselves [with] sackcloth in its streets; on its roofs and public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping.

Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

Therefore Moab wails; all of it wails for Moab, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth you moan, {utterly devastated}.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

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