Strong's Hebrew: 5058. נְגִינַת (neginah or neginath) -- music

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Lexicon

neginah or neginath: music

Original Word: נְגִינַת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: neginah or neginath
Phonetic Spelling: (neg-ee-naw')
Short Definition: song

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from nagan
Definition
music
NASB Translation
music (1), song (3), stringed instruments (2), taunt (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[נְגִינָה] noun feminine music; — absolute נְגִינַת Psalm 61:1 (see below); suffix נְגִינָתִי Psalm 77:7; נְגִינָתָם Job 30:9 2t.; plural נְגִינוֺת Psalm 4:1 6t.; נְגִינָתַי Isaiah 38:20; תָ֑י- Habakkuk 3:19; —

1 music (of stringed instrument) accusative of congnate meaning with verb Isaiah 38:20; as occupation Lamentations 5:14; especially בִּנְגִינוֺת in Psalm-titles; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 54:1; Psalm 55:1; Psalm 67:1; Psalm 76:1; so Habakkuk 3:19; compare עַלנְֿגִינַת Psalm 61:1 (read perhaps plural Ges^{§ 80f}.).

2 song (with string accompare?) Psalm 77:7; subject of mocking song Job 30:9 ("" מִלָּה), Psalm 69:13 (שׁוֺתֵי שֵׁכָר ׳נ), Lamentations 3:14 ("" שְׂחֹק).

Strong's

stringed instrument, music, Neginoth plural, song

Or ngiynath (Psa. 'abal:title) {neg-ee-nath'}; from nagan; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram -- stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.

see HEBREW nagan