Word Study · Strong's H5058 · Hebrew
נְגִינָה
neginah
neg-ee-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nᵉgîynâh
“properly, instrumental music”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
Rendered in the KJV as
stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃1
- וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת1
- וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י1
- מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃1
- נְגִינָתִ֗י1
- נְגִינָתָ֣ם1
- נְגִינָתָ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 6
- taunt song their2
- and songs my1
- and taunt songs of1
- from music their1
- song my1
- with stringed instruments my1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 2
- HC/Ncfpc · 1
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 69:12וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹתuneginotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.here: and taunt songs of
- Psalms 77:6נְגִינָתִ֗יneginatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAt night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:here: song my
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 3:14נְגִינָתָ֖םneginatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralI am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.here: taunt song their
- Lamentations 5:14מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃mineginatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.here: from music their