Definitions for Lamentations
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1. Lamentations, Book of Lamentationsnoun

   an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah

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1. Lamentationsnoun

   A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

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1. lamentations

   The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew: אֵיכָה, ʾĒḵā, from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings") as one of the Five Megillot (or "Five Scrolls") alongside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther although there is no set order. In the Christian Old Testament it follows the Book of Jeremiah, as the prophet Jeremiah is its traditional author. However, according to modern scholarship, while the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586/7 BCE forms the background to the poems, they were probably not written by Jeremiah. Most likely, each of the book's chapters was written by a different anonymous poet, and they were then joined to form the book.Some motifs of a traditional Mesopotamian "city lament" are evident in this book, such as mourning the desertion of the city by God, its destruction, and the ultimate return of the divinity; others "parallel the funeral dirge in which the bereaved bewails... and... addresses the [dead]". The tone is bleak: God does not speak, the degree of suffering is presented as overwhelming, and expectations of future redemption are minimal. Nonetheless, the author repeatedly makes clear that the city (and even the author himself) had profusely sinned against God, to which God had strongly responded. In doing so the author does not blame God but rather presents him as righteous, just and sometimes even as merciful.

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1. lamentations

   Lamentations refers to expressions of deep sorrow, grief, or regret. It can also be seen as the act of mourning or wailing. This term is often associated with death or tragedy. In religious context, it can refer to a book in the Old Testament of the Bible which traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, consisting of mournful poems lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem.

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1. Lamentations

   Lamentations is a DVD of Opeth's first live video, released under the Music For Nations label in 2003. It was recorded at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 25 September 2003. Lamentations features Opeth playing the album Damnation in its entirety, followed by some of the band's songs from Blackwater Park and Deliverance. The only song that was played from albums prior to Blackwater Park was "Demon of the Fall" as an encore song, but the song was not filmed for the DVD due to licensing issues with previous record labels prevented this from happening at the time of the disc's release. The DVD also includes a documentary on the making of both Damnation and Deliverance because both albums were recorded at the same time. This was the first Opeth release with Per Wiberg, although he officially gained membership not until Ghost Reveries. A 2-disc CD version of the live recording was released in 2006 in a collector's edition slipcase.

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How to pronounce Lamentations?

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How to say Lamentations in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lamentations in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lamentations in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Lamentations in a Sentence

1. Christopher Paolini:

   The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.

2. Dante Alighieri:

   There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lamentations
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lamentations
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamentations
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Lamentations
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Lamentations