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H5059נָגַןna.gan

to playPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 7
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 3
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 2
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 2
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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15 occurrences in 12 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. 1 Samuel 16:16

    Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get

    מְנַגֵּ֣ן me.na.Gen “playing”וְנִגֵּ֥ן (נִגֵּ֥ן) ni.Gen “he will play”

  2. 1 Samuel 16:17

    And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.

    לְנַגֵּ֔ן (נַגֵּ֔ן) na.Gen “play”

  3. 1 Samuel 16:18

    Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

    נַ֠גֵּן Na.gen “to play”

  4. 1 Samuel 16:23

    And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.

    וְנִגֵּ֣ן (נִגֵּ֣ן) ni.Gen “he played”

  5. 1 Samuel 18:10

    Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.

    מְנַגֵּ֥ן me.na.Gen “[was] playing an instrument”

  6. 1 Samuel 19:9

    And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him.

    מְנַגֵּ֥ן me.na.Gen “[was] playing an instrument”

  7. 2 Kings 3:15

    But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord wa

    מְנַגֵּ֑ן me.na.Gen “a musician”כְּנַגֵּ֣ן (נַגֵּ֣ן) na.Gen “played”הַֽמְנַגֵּ֔ן (מְנַגֵּ֔ן) m.na.Gen “musician”

  8. Psalms 33:3

    Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.

    נַ֝גֵּ֗ן na.Gen “to play”

  9. Psalms 68:25

    The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

    נֹגְנִ֑ים no.ge.Nim “musicians”

  10. Isaiah 23:16

    Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.

    נַגֵּן֙ na.Gen “to play”

  11. Isaiah 38:20

    O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

    נְנַגֵּ֛ן ne.na.Gen “we will play”

  12. Ezekiel 33:32

    And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.

    נַגֵּ֑ן na.Gen “to play”