Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner define "נֵבֶל" (KJV: "viol") as a "stringed instrument."

Date
1995
Type
Book
Source
Ludwig Koehler
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, "נֵבֶל ," The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Leiden: Brill, 1995) (Bibleworks ed.)

Scribe/Publisher
Brill, Bibleworks
People
Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

5949 נֵבֶל

II ) נֵבֶל6 times( and ) נֶבֶל2 times(: ? = I; MHeb., JArm. נִבְלָא harp; Syr. nablaÒ, Sept. ναβλα/η > Greek νάβλας and ναῦλον (Boisacq 655), Latin nablium (Ernout-Meillet 428; Lewy Fremdwörter 161; Mayer 330; Masson 67ff(: נָֽבֶל, נְבָלִים, נְבָלֶיךָ; stringed instrument Am 65; ? harp (BRL1 390f; Kolari 58ff; Wegner 42f; Reicke-R. Hw. 648; Pritchard Pictures 204ff, 795; Keel Bildsymb. no. 465ff; Ellermeier Fschr. Galling 80עָשׂוֹר ( נֵ׳ with ten strings Ps 332 1449, cf. 924; made of wood 1K 1012 2C 911, 1S 105 2S 65 Is 512 )used profanely(, Am 523 65 Ps 332 579 7122 ) (כְּלִי־ןֶ׳, 813 924 1083 1449 1503 Neh 1227 1C 138 1516.20.28 165 נְבָלִים) (כְּלֵי, 251.6 2C 512 2028 2925 Sir 3915 )parallel with (כלי מינים 4021;

—Is 1411 הֶמְיַת נְבָלֶיךָ the sound of your harps 1QIsa נבלתך ) ה׳: (נְבֵלָה, so Theodotion πτῶμα )ZAW 52 )1934(:179( and Vulg. cadaver, for הֶ׳ a form of מות Symmachus (ZAW 52 (1934):179), Pesh. and Vulg.; see Talmon ASTl 1:68f; Driver JSS 13 (1968):43. †

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