Strong’s H4517 · Hebrew

מְנַעְנַע
mᵉnaʻnaʻ
men-ah-ah'

Definition

a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound)

Etymology

from H5128 (נוּעַ);

Where the KJV renders it

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