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leannoth in Psalms

Hebrew: לְעַנּ֑וֹת

Meaning: for answering; i.e., in singing

occurs in the title to Psalm 88

The title “Mahalath Leannoth” may be rendered “concerning sickness, to be sung” i.e., perhaps, to be sung in sickness.

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