1 Samuel 16:17:81 Sam.16.17.W8TAB
לְנַגֵּ֔ן
lenaggen
“to play {music}”
- Transliteration
- le-nag-GEN
- Extended
- leh-nahg-GEEN
- IPA
- /lənaɡˈɡeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to play {music}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-nag-GEN
- phraseyour reading level
me-TIV le-nag-GEN
- clause
re-U-NA LI ISH me-TIV le-nag-GEN va-ha-vi-o-TEM e-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-a-va-DAV re-U-NA LI ISH me-TIV le-nag-GEN va-ha-vi-o-TEM e-LAI
Exegesis
The construct phrase lī ’îš mēṭîv lə-naggên {לִי אִישׁ מֵיטִיב לְנַגֵּן | lī ’îš mēṭîv lə-naggên} ‘for me a man skilled to play’ uses the Hiphil participle mēṭîv {מֵיטִיב | mēṭîv} to express ability and the Piel infinitive lə-naggên {לְנַגֵּן | lə-naggên} to indicate the action of playing.
Root and etymology
n-g-nn-g-n
“to play music”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:17
And Saul said to his servants , “Please look for me a man who is skilled at playing, and bring him to me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 16:17, so the Hebrew word לְנַגֵּ֔ן (lenaggen) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.16.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.17.W8.S1) and character.