Lexical Definition

‎הִגָּיוֹן‎ higgâyôwn (hig-gaw-yone') Higgaion ^H:N-M
intensive from ‎הָגָה‎

device, Higgaion, meditation, solemn sound.

• a murmuring sound, i.e. a musical notation (probably similar to the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement)
• by implication, a machination

1) meditation, resounding music, musing
1a) resounding music
1b) meditation, plotting

See Greek: ᾠδή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הִגָּיוֺן‎ noun masculine resounding music, meditation, musing; — ‎׳‎‎ה‎ absolute Ps 9:17*; Ps 92:4* construct ‎הֶגְיוֺן‎ Ps 19:15* suffix ‎הֶגְיוֺנָם‎ Lam 3:62 —

1. resounding music; ‎עֲלֵי חִגָּיוֺן בְּכִנּוֺר‎ Ps 92:4* with sounding music upon the lyre (Che); compare ‎סֶ֑לָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Ps 9:17* (a musical direction, see ‎סלה‎).

2. meditation, musing ‎אִמְרֵיפִֿי וְהֶגְיוֺן לִבִּי‎ Ps 19:15* the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart; also in bad sense = plotting ‎שֹׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיוֺנָם עָלַי‎ Lam 3:62 the lips of those rising against me, and their imagining against me (|| ‎מַחְשְׁבֹתָם‎ vLam 3:61 compare I. ‎הָגָה‎ 3 b).

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