Kinnah
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kinnah is a noun meaning (Judaism) Any of the dirges or elegies traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av to mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history, including the Crusades and the Holocaust.
Meaning
(Judaism) Any of the dirges or elegies traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av to mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history, including the Crusades and the Holocaust.
Example Sentences
Add a Kinah or Kinot in the Yizkor service in memory of those who were murdered.
Word Forms
- kinnot
- kinnoth
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include qinah, kinnor, kaddish, qaddish, yizkor, kinor.
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