Original Word: מְנַעְנַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mna`na`
Pronunciation: meh-nah-ah-NAY-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (men-ah-ah')
KJV: cornet
NASB: castanets
Word Origin: [from H5128 (נוַּע - wander)]

1. a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound)

cornet

From nuwa'; a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound) -- cornet.

see HEBREW nuwa'

Word Origin
from nua
Definition
probably (a kind of musical) rattle
NASB Translation
castanets (1).

[מְנַעֲנֵעַ] noun [masculine] apparently a kind of rattle, only וּבִמְנַָֽעַנְעִים 2 Samuel 6:5, in list of musical instruments; ᵐ5 κύμβαλα, but this usually (12 t.) = מְצִלְתַּיִם; ᵑ9 sisitra; the sistrum (Gr. σεῖστρον, from σείω) was much used in Egypt; it was a small metal frame with loose metal bars carrying loose rings, borne and swung or shaken in the hand, see Wilkinson^{Anc. Kgyptians (1878), i. 497 ff.} Now^{Archaeology l. 273} Benz^{Archaeology 278} We^{Psalms Eng. Trans. p. 233}.

נוֺעַדְיָה see יעד.

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