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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