Lexical Summary menaanea: probably (a kind of musical) rattle Original Word: מְנַעְנַעTransliteration: menaanea Phonetic Spelling: (men-ah-ah') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: probably (a kind of musical) rattle Meaning: probably (a kind of musical) rattle Strong's Concordance cornet From nuwa'; a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound) -- cornet. see HEBREW nuwa' Brown-Driver-Briggs H4517. menaanea [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 WilkinsonAnc. Kgyptians (1878), i. 497 ff. NowArchaeology l. 273 BenzArchaeology 278 WePsalms Eng. Trans. p. 233. נוֺעַדְיָה see יעד. |