Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4517 - מְנַעְנַע menaanea (probably (a kind of musical) rattle)

Original Word:	מְנַעְנַע
Transliteration:	menaanea
Definition:	probably (a kind of musical) rattle
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(men-ah-ah')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cornet

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

see HEBREW nuwa'

Englishman's Concordance

1) a kind of rattle
1a) a kind of rattle used as a musical instrument
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5128
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1328a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[מְנַעֲנֵעַ] noun [masculine] apparently a kind of rattle, only וּבִמְנַָֽעַנְעִים2 Samuel 6:5, in list of musical instruments; ᵐ5κύμβαλα, but this usually (12 t.)=מְצִלְתַּיִם; ᵑ9sisitra; 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.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4517. מְנַעַנְעִים (menaanea) — 1 Occurrence
2 Samuel 6:5
HEB:וּבִנְבָלִים֙ וּבְתֻפִּ֔ים וּבִמְנַֽעַנְעִ֖ים וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים׃
NAS: tambourines, castanets and cymbals.
KJV: and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
INT: harps tambourines castanets and cymbals

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