King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4553
Transliteration: misped
Phonetic Spelling: (mis-pade')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a wailing
Meaning: a lamentation
Word Summary
misped: a wailing
Original Word: מִסְפֵּדTransliteration: misped
Phonetic Spelling: (mis-pade')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a wailing
Meaning: a lamentation
Strong's Concordance
lamentation, mourning, wailing From caphad; a lamentation -- lamentation, one mourneth, mourning, wailing.
see HEBREW caphad
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4553. misped
מִסְמֵּד noun masculineGenesis 50:10 wailing; — absolute ׳מ Amos 5:16 11t.; construct מִסְמַּד Micah 1:11 2t.; suffix מִסְמְּדִי Psalm 30:12; — wailing:
1 for dead, Genesis 50:10 (J; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Zechariah 12:10 (with עַלֿ; compare 12:11; 12:11 below).
2 for calamity experienced Amos 5:16 (twice in verse) ("" אֵבֶל), vAmos 5:17; Micah 1:8 (׳מ כַּתַּנִּים, "" אֵבֶל), 1:11; Jeremiah 48:38; Ezekiel 27:31, anticipated Jeremiah 6:26; Esther 4:3.
3 in contrition Isaiah 22:12 (+ בְּכִי), Joel 2:12 (+ בְּכִי צוֺם,), compare Zechariah 12:11 (twice in verse).
4 in General, Psalm 30:12 (opposed to מָחוֺל, compare Ecclesiastes 3:4).