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higgāyōn הִגָּיוֹן ‘meditation’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: intensive from hāgā הָגָה ‘to mutter’
Roots: הגה

higgāyōn n, m
1) meditation, resounding music, musing
 1a) resounding music
 1b) meditation, plotting

Mentioned in Psalms 19:15, 9:17, 92:4 Lamentations 3:62

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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