meditation
ha.gig denotes a person's reflective or voiced thought within an address to God in the Psalms.
The two attestations place the noun within direct addresses to God: alongside a cry in Psalm 5:2 and within a request to know human fleetingness in Psalm 39:4. The supplied translation does not isolate its precise English equivalent, so its contribution is best described broadly as the speaker's expressed reflection or inward utterance.
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Expressed reflection in prayerful address · dominant
Both occurrences are masculine singular construct nouns. In Psalm 5:2, the form occurs in an address to “my king and my God,” where the APB renders the surrounding appeal, “Give heed to the voice of my cry.” In Psalm 39:4, it occurs in the request for the speaker to know how fleeting he is; the APB renders, “Make my end known to me, O the LORD.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents both verses as direct appeals to God, but it does not provide an identifiable word-for-word rendering of the noun. Its wording foregrounds a cry in Psalm 5:2 and reflection on life's brevity in Psalm 39:4.