David J. A. Clines defines נֵ֫בֶל (KJV: "viol") as a harp or a stringed instrument.

Date: 2011
Type: Book
Source: David J. A. Clines
Non-LDS
Hearsay: Direct
Reference: The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, ed. David J. A. Clines, 8 vols. (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2011): 5:595
Scribe/Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
People: David J. A. Clines
Audience: Reading Public
Transcription: נֵ֫בֶל II 27.3.3 n.m. harp—(נָּֽבֶל) נֶ֫בֶל; cstr. נֵ֫בֶל; pl. נְבָלִים; נְבָלֶ֫יךָ—<SUBJ> היה be Is 5:12, עור awake Ps 57:9‖108:3, ערב hi. make sweet Si 40:21. <NOM CL> לִפְנֵיהֶם נֵבֶל before them shall be a harp 1 S 10:5, כנור נבלי לתכון קודשו my lyre (and) my harp are according to the pattern of his holiness 1QS 109. <OBJ> עשׂה make 1 K 10:12‖2 C 9:11, נכה hi. strike 4QSd 98.
<CSTR> נֵבֶל עָשׂוֹר harp of ten (strings) Ps 33:2; 144:9; 1QM 45 (unless app. a harp, one of ten [strings]), נבל שמ[חה] harp of joy 1QH 1923; פִּי הַנֵּבֶל mouth, i.e. sound, of the harp Am 6:5, הֶמְיַת נְבָלֶיךָ sound of your harps Is 14:11 (1QIsaa המית נבלתך noisy throng of your dead, i.e. נְבֵלָה corpse), זִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ melody of your harps Am 5:23 (or em. נִבְלֵיכֶם of your [pl.] harps), [שי]רות נבל songs of the harp Si 39:15, כְּלִי־נֶבֶל instrument (consisting) of a harp Ps 71:22, כְּלֵי נְבָלִים instruments (consisting) of harps 1 C 16:5.
<APP> כְּלִי instrument 1 C 15:16, perh. עָשׂוֹר ten (strings) Ps 33:2; 144:9; 1QM 45 (but prob. cstr. harp of ten [strings]).
<PREP> בְּ of instrument, accompaniment, by (means of), with, on Ne 12:27; 1 C 15:20; 25:6; 2 C 5:12; 1QM 45, + הלל pi. praise Ps 150:3, זמר pi. praise Ps 144:8; 1QH 1923, ידה hi. praise Ps 33:2, שׂחק pi. make merry 2 S 6:5‖1 C 13:8, נבא ni. prophesy 1 C 25:1(Qr), בוא come 2 C 20:28, עלה hi. bring up 1 C 15:28, עמד hi. position 1 C 15:16; 2 C 29:25.
עַל to (the accompaniment of), + נגד hi. tell (of) Ps 92:4.
עִם with, + נתן give, i.e. play Ps 81:3.
<COLL> נֵבֶל ‖ כִּנּוֹר lyre 1 S 10:5; 2 S 6:5‖1 C 13:8; 1 K 10:12‖2 C 9:11; Is 5:12; Ps 33:2; 57:9‖108:3; 71:22 (+) 81:3 (+) 150:3; Ne 12:27; 1 C 15:16, 28; 16:5 (+) 25:1, 6; 2 C 5:12; 20:28; 29:25; 1QH 1923; 1QS 109, עָשׂוֹר ten-stringed harp Ps 92:4, חָלִיל flute 1 S 10:5; Is 5:12; Si 40:21; 1QH 1923; 1QS 109 (+), חֲצוֹצְרָה trumpet 1 C 13:8; 15:28; 2 C 20:28, תֹּף tambourine 1 S 10:5; 2 S 6:5‖1 C 13:8; Is 5:12; Ps 81:3 (+), מְצִלְתַּיִם cymbals Ne 12:27; 1 C 13:8; 15:16, 28; 16:5 (+) 25:1, 6; 2 C 5:12; 29:25, צֶלְצֶלִים cymbals 2 S 6:5, מְנַעַנְעִים sistrum 2 S 6:5, שִׁיר song Am 5:23 (+) Ne 12:27; 1 C 13:8, יַיִן wine Is 5:12.
+ שׁוֹפָר rams’ horn 1 C 15:28, הִגָּיוֹן music Ps 92:4, כלי מינים instruments of strings Si 39:15.
Also Si 47:9(Bmg).
<SYN> כִּנּוֹר lyre, עָשׂוֹר ten-stringed harp, חָלִיל flute, חֲצוֹצְרָה trumpet, תֹּף tambourine, מְצִלְתַּיִם cymbals, צֶלְצֶלִים cymbals, מְנַעַנְעִים sistrum, שִׁיר song, יַיִן wine.*
► cf. נֵבֶל I jar.
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