This term appears in Ezekiel's lament over Tyre, though the text is textually uncertain. The context involves raising a funeral dirge over the fallen merchant city. The word relates to mourning and lamentation, expressing grief through vocal wailing. Ancient Near Eastern mourning practices included professional wailers who led communal expressions of grief. The text may be corrupt here—some versions read 'their sons' instead—but the overall sense is clear: Tyre will receive a lament befitting her catastrophic fall.