King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5058
Transliteration: neginah or neginath
Phonetic Spelling: (neg-ee-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: music
Meaning: instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram
Word Summary
neginah or neginath: music
Original Word: נְגִינָהTransliteration: neginah or neginath
Phonetic Spelling: (neg-ee-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: music
Meaning: instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram
Strong's Concordance
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5058. neginah
or neginath [נְגִינָה] noun feminine music; — absolute נְגִינַת Psalm 61:1 (see below); suffix נְגִינָתִי 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; 6:1; 54:1; 55:1; 67:1; 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 (׳נ שֵׁכָר שׁוֺתֵי), Lamentations 3:14 ("" שְׂחֹק).