Lexicon / H4517
מְנַעֲנֵעַ
me.na.na
  • castanets
  • rattle

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: castanets

1) a kind of rattle

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: rattle

Root √נוע: נוּעַ vb quiver wave waver tremble totter Qal wave totter go tottering , Niph be tossed about . Hiph toss about shake cause to totter , shake disturb (), cause to wander .

מְנַעֲנֵעַ n.[m.] rattle 2 S 6:5 appar. a kind of, only, in list of musical instruments