H4485 H4485
mocking song, derisive song (object of ridicule)
This noun denotes a mocking or derisive song—the kind of taunting verse that enemies compose about the defeated. Lamentations 3:63 laments 'I am their mocking song,' meaning the suffering speaker has become the subject of enemies' scornful lyrics. The term combines music with derision, showing how poetry and song could function as powerful tools of social ridicule and psychological warfare in the ancient world.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The sufferer in Lamentations 3:63 complains of being 'their mocking song,' the subject of enemies' derisive verses. The Hebrew connects to the root for mocking or deriding, indicating songs composed specifically to taunt and humiliate. Cross-linguistic renderings (English 'mocking song,' Spanish 'canción'/song) confirm this is sung ridicule—enemies made the speaker the butt of their satirical ballads. 1×
AR["أُغْنِيَتُهُمْ"]·ben["তাদের-গান"]·DE["[מנגינתם]"]·EN["their-mocking-song"]·FR["[מנגינתם]"]·heb["מנגינתם"]·HI["उनका-गीत-हूं"]·ID["nyanyian-ejekan-mereka"]·IT["[מנגינתם]"]·jav["kidung-ipun"]·KO["그들-노래-라"]·PT["sua-canção-de-zombaria"]·RU["издёвка-их"]·ES["su-canción"]·SW["wimbo-wao-wa-dhihaka"]·TR["şarkıları-onların"]·urd["اُن-کا-گیت"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַנְגִּינָה] n.f. (mocking, derisive) song (cf. foreg.);—מַנְגִּינָתָם La 3:63, i.e. subject of their mocking song.