- Original: קוּן - Transliteration: Quwn - Phonetic: koon - Definition: 1. to chant a dirge, chant, wail, lament a. (Polel) to lament - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2018 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to strike a musical note that is chant or wail (at a funeral): - lament mourning woman. Total KJV Occurrences: 8 • lament, 4 Ezekiel 27:32; Ezekiel 32:16(3) • lamented, 3 2 Samuel 1:17; 2 Samuel 3:33; 2 Chronicles 35:25 • women, 1 Jeremiah 9:17