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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 16:16

    Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp; and it shall be, when the evil spirit from God cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.'

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

  2. 1 Samuel 16:17

    And Saul said unto his servants: 'Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.'

    לְנַגֵּ֔ן (נַגֵּ֔ן) na.Gen “play”

  3. 1 Samuel 16:18

    Then answered one of the young men, and said: 'Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.'

    נַ֠גֵּן Na.gen “to play”

  4. 1 Samuel 16:23

    And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul found relief, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

    וְנִגֵּ֣ן (נִגֵּ֣ן) ni.Gen “he played”

  5. 1 Samuel 18:10

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house; and David played with his hand, 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 was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

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

  7. 2 Kings 3:15

    But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

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

  8. Psalms 33:3

    Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.

    נַ֝גֵּ֗ן na.Gen “to play”

  9. Psalms 68:26

    The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.

    נֹגְנִ֑ים no.ge.Nim “musicians”

  10. Isaiah 23:16

    Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot long forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

    נַגֵּן֙ na.Gen “to play”

  11. Isaiah 38:20

    The LORD is ready to save me; therefore we will sing songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

    נְנַגֵּ֛ן ne.na.Gen “we will play”

  12. Ezekiel 33:32

    and, lo, thou art unto them as a love song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; so they hear thy words, but they do them not--

    נַגֵּ֑ן na.Gen “to play”