Etymograph

English

Neginoth

Neginoth comes from Biblical Hebrew נְגִינוֹת.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEנְגִינוֹתnəḡīnōṯ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1929Neginoth

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEנְגִינוֹתnəḡīnōṯ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1929Neginoth

Earliest quotation: 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development: “Our modern system of writing music, we know, is…”

Today it means

noun A direction for the musical accompaniment of a psalm that has been interpreted as "stringed instruments".

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew נְגִינוֹת / Neginoth