What does נְגִינָה mean in the Bible?
נְגִינָה is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, instrumental music ; by implication, a stringed instrument ; by extension, a poem set to music ; specifically, an epigram".
Hebrew · H5058
נְגִינָה
Properly, instrumental music ; by implication, a stringed instrument ; by extension, a poem set to music ; specifically, an epigram
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נְגִינָהH5058
What does נְגִינָה mean in the Bible?
נְגִינָה is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, instrumental music ; by implication, a stringed instrument ; by extension, a poem set to music ; specifically, an epigram".
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How does the BSB render H5058?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include With stringed instruments (7), they mock me in song (2), [have stopped] their music (1), and I am the song (1), my song (1).
Where does נְגִינָה appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Job 30:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (9), Lamentations (2), Habakkuk (1), Isaiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItWith stringed instruments7×Psalms 4:1, Psalms 6:1, Psalms 54:1, Psalms 55:1
they mock me in song2×Job 30:9, Lamentations 3:14
[have stopped] their music1×Lamentations 5:14
and I am the song1×Psalms 69:12
my song1×Psalms 77:6
on stringed instruments1×Isaiah 38:20
stringed instruments1×Psalms 61:1
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Job 30:9נְגִינָתָ֣םtothey mock me in songNoun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralPsalms 4:1בִּנְגִינ֗וֹתtoWith stringed instrumentsPreposition-b | Noun - feminine pluralPsalms 6:1בִּ֭נְגִינוֹתtoWith stringed instrumentsPreposition-b | Noun - feminine pluralPsalms 54:1בִּנְגִינֹ֗תtoWith stringed instrumentsPreposition-b | Noun - feminine pluralPsalms 55:1בִּנְגִינֹ֗תtoWith stringed instrumentsPreposition-b | Noun - feminine pluralPsalms 61:1נְגִינַ֬תtostringed instrumentsNoun - feminine singular constructPsalms 67:1בִּנְגִינֹ֗תtoWith stringed instrumentsPreposition-b | Noun - feminine pluralPsalms 69:12וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹתtoand I am the songConjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural constructPsalms 76:1בִּנְגִינֹ֑תtoWith stringed instrumentsPreposition-b | Noun - feminine pluralPsalms 77:6נְגִינָתִ֗יtomy songNoun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJob 30:9
Aligned rows14
Books represented5
Job1Psalms9Isaiah1Lamentations2Habakkuk1
Source forms
בִּנְגִינֹ֗ת3xbin·ḡî·nōṯPsalms 54:1, Psalms 55:1, Psalms 67:1
בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת1xbin·ḡî·nō·wṯPsalms 4:1
בִּ֭נְגִינוֹת1xbin·ḡî·nō·wṯPsalms 6:1
בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃1xbin·ḡî·nō·w·ṯāyHabakkuk 3:19
בִּנְגִינֹ֑ת1xbin·ḡî·nōṯPsalms 76:1
וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת1xū·nə·ḡî·nō·wṯPsalms 69:12
וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י1xū·nə·ḡi·nō·w·ṯayIsaiah 38:20
מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃1xmin·nə·ḡî·nā·ṯāmLamentations 5:14
Parsing patterns
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural7xPsalms 4:1, Psalms 6:1, Psalms 54:1, Psalms 55:1
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural2xJob 30:9, Lamentations 3:14
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural1xIsaiah 38:20
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct1xPsalms 69:12
Noun - feminine singular construct1xPsalms 61:1
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular1xPsalms 77:6
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural1xLamentations 5:14
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. properly, instrumental music ; by implication, a stringed instrument ; by extension, a poem set to music ; specifically, an epigram
Source Gloss
properly, instrumental music ; by implication, a stringed instrument ; by extension, a poem set to music ; specifically, an epigram
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram BDB: music Usage: stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.