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title: הִגָּיוֹן — resounding music · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הִגָּיוֹן (1902), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: resounding music. BDB 1906: n.m. resounding music, meditation, musing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הִגָּיוֹן

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«הִגָּיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **resounding music** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1902 · **BDB:** הִגָּיוֹן

### Glosses

Higgaion (1); a.melody (1); muttering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

resounding music [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1902/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. resounding music, meditation, musing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1902/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. resounding music, meditation, musing;—ה׳ abs. ψ 9:17; 92:4; cstr. הֶגְיוֹן ψ 19:15; sf. הֶגְיוֹנָם La 3:62;— resounding music; עֲלֵי הִגָּיוֹן בְּכִנּוֹר ψ 92:4 with sounding music upon the lyre (Che); cf. ה׳ סֶ֑לָה ψ 9:17 (a musical direction, v. סלה). meditation, musing אִמְרֵי־פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי ψ 19:15 the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart; also in bad sense = plotting שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיוֹנָם עָלַי La 3:62 the lips of those rising against me, and their imagining against me (‖ מַחְשְׁבֹתָם v 61; cf. I. הָגָה 3 b).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הִגָּיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1902/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 92:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.92.4/)

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עֲ‍ֽלֵי־עָ֭שׂוֹר וַעֲלֵי־נָ֑בֶל עֲלֵ֖י הִגָּי֣וֹן בְּכִנּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* on a.ten and on a.lyre on a.melody with a.harp

*JPS 1917:* With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; with a solemn sound upon the harp.

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[Lamentations 3:62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.62/)

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שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* the.lips of \[those.who\].rise.against.me and muttering their on me all the day

*JPS 1917:* The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.

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