Lexicon menaanea: probably (a kind of musical) rattle Original Word: מְנַעַנְעִיםPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: menaanea Phonetic Spelling: (men-ah-ah') Short Definition: castanets NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom nuaDefinitionprobably (a kind of musical) rattle NASB Translationcastanets (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ מְנַעֲנֵעַ] noun [masculine] apparently a kind of rattle, only וּבִמְנַָֽעַנְעִים 2 Samuel 6:5, in list of musical instruments; ᵐ5 κύμβαλα, but this usually (12 t.) = מְצִלְתַּיִם; ᵑ9 sisitra; the sistrum (Gr. σεῖστρον, from σείω) was much used in Egypt; it was a small metal frame with loose metal bars carrying loose rings, borne and swung or shaken in the hand, see Wilkinson Anc. Kgyptians (1878), i. 497 ff. Now Archaeology l. 273 Benz Archaeology 278 We Psalms Eng. Trans. p. 233. נוֺעַדְיָה see יעד.
Strong's cornet From nuwa'; a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound) -- cornet. see HEBREW nuwa' |
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