1 Samuel 16:18:121 Sam.16.18.W12TAB
נַ֠גֵּן
nagen
“to play {music}”
- Transliteration
- na-GEN
- Extended
- nah-GEEN
- IPA
- /nagˈgeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to play {music}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
na-GEN
- phraseyour reading level
yo-DE-a na-GEN
- clause
va-ya-AN e-KHAD me-ha-ne-a-RIM va-yo-MER hi-NE ra-i-TI BEN le-yi-SHAI BET hal-lakh-MI yo-DE-a na-GEN ve-gib-BOR kha-YIL ve-ISH mil-kha-MA u-ne-VON da-VAR ve-ISH TO-AR
- sentence
va-ya-AN e-KHAD me-ha-ne-a-RIM va-yo-MER hi-NE ra-i-TI BEN le-yi-SHAI BET hal-lakh-MI yo-DE-a na-GEN ve-gib-BOR kha-YIL ve-ISH mil-kha-MA u-ne-VON da-VAR ve-ISH TO-AR va-ye-ho-VAH i-MO
Root and etymology
Rootn-g-n
“to play music”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:18
And one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor , a man of war, prudent in speech, a comely person, and the LORD is with him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word נַ֠גֵּן (nagen) 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.16.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.18.W12.S1) and character.