Lexicon
הָגִיג
ha.gig
H1901
H:N-M Hebrew

meditation

2
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

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.

Senses in use

  1. 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.

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Across Scripture