נָגַן
Used: 15 times · Key: 5059 · BDB: נָגַן
Glosses
to.play (4); [was].playing (2); a.musician (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
touch tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. touch play tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. touch (strings), play a stringed instrument (NH Pi.; Aramaic נְגַן Pa.);— Pt. נֹגְנִים ψ 68:26 players (‖ שָׁרִים, עֲלָמוֹת תּוֹפֵפוֹת). Pf. וְנִגֵּן 1 S 16:16 (consec.), v 23; Impf. 1 pl. נְנַגֵּן Is 38:20; Inf. cstr. נַגֵּן 1 S 16:17 + 5 times; Pt. מְנַגֵּן 1 S 16:16 + 4 times;—play בַּכִּנּוֹר 1 S 16:16; בְּיָדוֹ v 16, 23 (כִּנּוֹר in context), 18:10; 19:9; c. acc. cogn. Is 38:20; in sim. מֵטִב נַגֵּן Ez 33:32 (‖ שִׁיר עֲגָבִים יְפֵה־קוֹל); אִישׁ מֵיטִיב לְנ׳ 1 S 16:17, cf. ψ 33:3 Is 23:16 (both ‖ שִׁיר), יָדַע נ׳ 1 S 16:18; also 2 K 3:15; Pt. = player, minstrel (cf. Qal) 2 K 3:15(×2); cf. also אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכִּנּוֹר 1 S 16:16 (Ges§ 120 b).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נָגַן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃
Word for word: they.went.in.front singers [were].behind musicians among young.women [who.were].playing.tambourines
JPS 1917: The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.
שִֽׁירוּ־ל֭וֹשִׁ֣יר חָדָ֑שׁ הֵיטִ֥יבוּ נַ֝גֵּ֗ן בִּתְרוּעָֽה׃
Word for word: sing to him a.song new do.well to.play with a.shout.of.joy
JPS 1917: Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.
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