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OSHB 1 Sam 16:16 מְנַגֵּן (mənaggēn) Strongs=5059 Lemma=‘נָגַן’
contextual word gloss=‘playing’ word gloss=‘playing’
Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1063 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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Other uses (3) of identical word form מְנַגֵּן (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְנַגֵּן’ (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘[was]_playing’, ‘a_musician’, ‘playing’.

1 SAM 18:10 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_playing’ word gloss=‘playing’ OSHB 1 SAM 18:10 word 13

OET-LV: 10 and_he/it _was from_the_next _day and_ a _spirit _of _it _rushed god evil to Shāʼūl/(Saul) and_he _prophesied in_the _midst _of the _house and_Dāvid was_playing in_his/its_hand as_a _day in/on_day and_the_spear was_in_the _hand _of Shāʼūl. (SA1_18:10)

OET-RV: 10 Then the next day, an evil spirit from God rushed on Sha’ul and even in the middle of the house he started prophesying. As David was playing near him (as he did every day), Sha’ul was holding a spear (SA1 18:10)

1 SAM 19:9 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_playing’ word gloss=‘playing_the_harp’ OSHB 1 SAM 19:9 word 13

OET-LV: 9 And_ a _spirit _of _it _became of_YHWH evil to Shāʼūl and_he in_his _of_house was_sitting and_his _of_spear in_his/its_hand and_Dāvid was_playing with_hand. (SA1_19:9)

OET-RV: 9 One day as Sha’ul was sitting in his house, an evil spirit from Yahweh came on him. He had his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp. (SA1 19:9)

2 KI 3:15 contextual word gloss=‘a_musician’ word gloss=‘musician’ OSHB 2 KI 3:15 word 4

OET-LV: 15 And_now fetch to_me a _musician and_it _was just_as _played the_musician and_it _became on/upon/above_him/it the _hand _of YHWH. (KI2_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 So now bring me a musician.
¶ Then while the musician played, Yahweh spoke to him (KI2 3:15)

Hebrew words (9) other than מְנַגֵּן (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘playing’

GEN 26:8 מְצַחֵק (məʦaḩēq) Lemma=‘צָחַק’ contextual word gloss=‘[was]_playing’ word gloss=‘caressing’ OSHB GEN 26:8 word 16

OET-LV: 8 And_he/it _was if/because they _had _become _long to_him/it there the_days and_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he _looked _down the _king _of the_Fəlishtiy through the_window and_he/it _saw and_see/lo/see Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) was_playing with Riⱱqāh his/its_wife/woman. (GEN_26:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then when he’d been in that area for quite a while, the Philistine King Abimelech looked down from a window and saw that to his surprise, Yitshak was laughing together with his wife Rebekah. (GEN 26:8)

1 SAM 18:7 הַֽמְשַׂחֲקוֹת (hamsaḩₐqōt) Lemmas=‘הַ’, ‘שָׂחַק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘[who, were]_playing’ morpheme glosses=‘the, danced’ OSHB 1 SAM 18:7 word 3

OET-LV: 7 And_they _sang the_women who_were_playing and_they _said he _has _struck _down Shāʼūl (on)_his _of_thousands and_Dāvid (on)_his_ten _of_thousands. (SA1_18:7)

OET-RV: 7 However, as they danced they sang,
⇔ “Sha’ul has killed his thousands,
⇔ ≈ and David his tens of thousands.” (SA1 18:7)

2 SAM 6:5 מְשַֽׂחֲקִים (məsaḩₐqīm) Lemma=‘שָׂחַק’ contextual word gloss=‘[were]_playing’ word gloss=‘dancing’ OSHB 2 SAM 6:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5 And_Dāvid and_all the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) were_playing to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH on_all _of wood(s)_of fir _trees and_on_harps and_on_lyres and_on_tambourines and_on_rattles and_on_cymbals. (SA2_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 David and all the Israelis were celebrating in God’s presence with wooden harps and lyres, along with tambourines, shakers, and cymbals. (SA2 6:5)

1 KI 1:40 מְחַלְּלִים (məḩalləlīm) Lemma=‘חָלַל’ contextual word gloss=‘[were]_playing_the_flute’ word gloss=‘playing’ OSHB 1 KI 1:40 word 6

OET-LV: 40 And_ all _of _they _went _up the_people after_him and_the_people were_playing _the _flute with_flutes and_they_were_joyful joy great and_it _was _split _open the_earth/land by_their _of_sound. (KI1_1:40)

OET-RV: 40 Then all the people followed him back uphill to the city, and the people were playing flutes and were so exuberant in their celebrations that the ground shook with the noise. (KI1 1:40)

1 CHR 13:8 מְשַׂחֲקִים (məsaḩₐqīm) Lemma=‘שָׂחַק’ contextual word gloss=‘[were]_playing’ word gloss=‘celebrating’ OSHB 1 CHR 13:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 And_Dāvid and_all Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) were_playing to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_ʼElohīm in_all strength and_on_songs and_on_harps and_on_lyres and_on_tambourines and_on_cymbals and_on_trumpets. (CH1_13:8)

OET-RV: 8 and David and all of Yisrael were celebrating in front of God with all their energy, with songs, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. (CH1 13:8)

PSA 68:26 תּוֹפֵפוֹת (tōfēfōt) Lemma=‘תָּפַף’ contextual word gloss=‘[who_were]_playing_tambourines’ word gloss=‘playing_tambourines’ OSHB PSA 68:26 word 7

OET-LV: 26  they _went _in _front singers were_behind musicians in _the_middle young _women who _were_playing _tambourines. (PSA_68:26)

OET-RV: 26 Bless God in the large congregation.
⇔ Praise Yahweh, you who are from the fountain of Yisrael. (PSA 68:26)

PROV 8:30 מְשַׂחֶקֶת (məsaḩeqet) Lemma=‘שָׂחַק’ contextual word gloss=‘playing’ word gloss=‘rejoicing’ OSHB PROV 8:30 word 8

OET-LV: 30 And_I _was beside_him a _craftsman and_I _was delight(s) day day playing before_him in_all time. (PRO_8:30)

OET-RV: 30 I was beside him as a skilled craftsman—
⇔ He enjoyed my company every day,
⇔ ≈ playing in his presence all the time. (PRO 8:30)

PROV 8:31 מְשַׂחֶקֶת (məsaḩeqet) Lemma=‘שָׂחַק’ contextual word gloss=‘playing’ word gloss=‘rejoicing’ OSHB PROV 8:31 word 1

OET-LV: 31 Playing in_the _world _of his _earth _of_of and_my _of_delight(s) were_with the_children _of humankind. (PRO_8:31)

OET-RV: 31 I was enjoying playing in his world,
⇔ and enjoying humankind’s descendants. (PRO 8:31)

ZEC 8:5 מְשַׂחֲקִים (məsaḩₐqīm) Lemma=‘שָׂחַק’ contextual word gloss=‘playing’ word gloss=‘playing’ OSHB ZEC 8:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 And_the _open _places _of the_city they _will _be _filled boys and_girls playing in_its _open _of_places. (ZEC_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 The city streets will be full of children playing in them. (ZEC 8:5)