Kinnot (Hebrew: קינות; also kinnos, kinoth, qinot, qinoth; sing., qinah or kinnah) are Hebrew dirges (sad poems) or elegies. The term is used to refer both to dirges in the Hebrew Bible and to latterly-composed poems that Jews traditionally recite on Tisha B'Av.
Kinnot (Hebrew: קינות; also kinnos, kinoth, qinot, qinoth; sing., qinah or kinnah) are Hebrew dirges (sad poems) or elegies. The term is used to refer both to dirges in the Hebrew Bible and to latterly-composed poems that Jews traditionally recite on Tisha B'Av.
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