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title: נְגִינָה — music · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְגִינָה (5058), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: music. BDB 1906: n.f. music. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְגִינָה

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«נְגִינָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 14 times · **Key:** 5058 · **BDB:** נְגִינָה

### Glosses

stringed.instruments (8); song (3); a.stringed.instrument (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

music [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5058/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. music [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5058/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. music;—abs. נְגִינַת ψ 61:1 (v. infr.); sf. נְגִינָתִי ψ 77:7; נְגִינָתָם Jb 30:9 + 2 times; pl. נְגִינוֹת ψ 4:1 + 6 times; נְגִינוֹתַי Is 38:20; -תָ֑י Hb 3:19;— music (of stringed instr.) acc. cogn. Is 38:20; as occupation La 5:14; especially בִּנְגִינוֹת in ψ-titles; ψ 4:1; 6:1; 54:1; 55:1; 67:1; 76:1; so Hb 3:19; cf. עַל־נְגִינַת ψ 61:1 (read perhaps pl. Ges§ 80 f.). song (with string accomp.?) ψ 77:7; subject of mocking song Jb 30:9 (‖ מִלָּה, ψ 69:13 (נ׳ שׁוֹתֵי שֵׁכָר), La 3:14 (‖ שְׂחֹק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְגִינָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5058/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 61:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.61.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ עַֽל־נְגִינַ֬ת לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on a.stringed.instrument of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of David.

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[Psalms 67:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.67.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥ח בִּנְגִינֹ֗ת מִזְמ֥וֹר שִֽׁיר׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster with stringed.instruments a.psalm a.song

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm, a Song.

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