psaltery

«psaltery» in Mova's judaism dictionary: An old stringed musical instrument like a harp, played to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

An old stringed musical instrument like a harp, played to accompany songs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is one of the instruments used to praise God in the Temple and in the Psalms, along with the harp, timbrel and lyre. The Hebrew name is nevel. Interpretation: The Levites played such instruments in the Temple service. The tradition sees music as a way to rouse the heart to praise.

examples

• Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. (Writings PSA.108.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. (Writings PSA.57.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery. (Writings PSA.81.3, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Take thou away from Me the noise of thy songs; and let Me not hear the melody of thy psalteries.
• That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David;
• Give thanks unto the LORD with harp, sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings.
• Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.
• Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «psaltery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.