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H4517 מְנַעְנַע (mᵉnaʻnaʻ) men-ah-ah'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 5128; a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound)

KJV Usage: cornet

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מְנַעֲנֵעַ (me.na.na) — castanets. 1) a kind of rattle 1a) a kind of rattle used as a musical instrument

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · נוע

Musical Instruments

shaker, rattle = musical instrument made of small closed pottery containers holding small rattling pellets; when shaken, they provided the rhythm to accompany dancing

2SA 6:5

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מְנַעֲנֵעַ] n.[m.] appar. a kind of rattle, only 2 S 6:5, in list of musical instruments ref

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