1 Samuel 18:10:111 Sam.18.10.W11TAB
מְנַגֵּ֥ן
menagen
“playing music”
- Transliteration
- me-na-GEN
- Extended
- meh-nah-GEEN
- IPA
- /mənagˈgeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- playing music
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
me-na-GEN
- phraseyour reading level
me-na-GEN be-ya-DO
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM ve-ha-kha-NIT be-yad-sha-UL
Exegesis
David’s continuous action is framed by the idiom menaggēn bə-yāḏô kə-yôm bə-yôm {מְנַגֵּן בְּיָדוֹ כְּיוֹם בְּיוֹם | me-nag-gēn bə-yā-ḏô kə-yôm bə-yôm} ‘playing by his hand as day by day,’ highlighting habitual repetition.
Root and etymology
n-g-n
“to play (instrument)”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:10
And it happened on the next day that an evil spirit of God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied within the house, while David was playing by his hand as day by day; and the spear was in Saul’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word מְנַגֵּ֥ן (menagen) 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.18.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.10.W11.S1) and character.