H4517

מְנַעֲנֵעַ

me.na.naH:N-M

castanets

1) a kind of rattle 1a) a kind of rattle used as a musical instrument

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[מְנַעֲנֵעַ] noun [masculine] apparently a kind of rattle, only וּבִמְנַָֽעַנְעִים 2Sam 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.


1 occurrence