Lexicon
הָגוּת
ha.gut
H1900
H:N-F Hebrew

meditation

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ha.gut denotes meditation presented in connection with opening a riddle to musical accompaniment.

The attested use presents meditation in the setting of opening a riddle with a lyre.

Senses in use

  1. Meditation connected with a riddle · dominant

    In Psalm 49:4, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the clause about opening a riddle with a lyre; the APB renders the verse, "I incline my ear to a proverb; I open my riddle with the lyre."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 49:4, the APB presents the surrounding clause as "I open my riddle with the lyre," but its whole-verse wording does not isolate the term's specific English rendering.

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