II. נֵ֫בֶל, נֶ֫בֶל noun masculine[Ps 57:9] a musical instrument, either a portable harp, or a lute, guitar (with bulging resonance-body at lower end); (perhaps = 1. נֵבֶל, and then shape seems to favour lute; perhaps independent word, e.g. Egyptian loan-word, compare nfr, lute, WeHpt 222); — absolute נֵ֫בֶל [1Sam 10:5] + 3 t., נֶ֫בֶל [Ps 71:22] + 3 t.; נָ֑בֶל [Amos 6:5] + 2 t.; plural נְבָלִים [2Sam 6:5] + 4 t.; suffix נְבָלֶיךָ [Amos 5:23]; [Isa 14:11] — harp (or lute), played at feasts and religious ceremonies, probably less simple, cheap and common than כִּנּוֺר (q. v.; often named with ׳נ): — as mark of luxury, revelry [Amos 5:23]; [Amos 6:5]; [Amos 14:11], so [Amos 5:12] (תֹּף חָלִיל ׳כִנּוֺר נ), also (not in bad sense) [1Kgs 10:12] played by wandering band of prophets [1Sam 10:5] (list as [Isa 5:12]); in worship [2Sam 6:5] elsewhere only Psalms, Chronicles, always in worship: [Ps 57:9]; [Ps 81:3]; [Ps 92:4]; [Ps 108:3]; [Ps 150:3] כְּלִי נֶבֶל [Ps 71:22] עָשׂוֺר ׳נ a harp with ten strings [Ps 33:2]; [Ps 144:9]; [1Chr 13:8]; [1Chr 15:16]; [1Chr 15:20]; [1Chr 15:28]; [1Chr 16:5] (כְּלֵי נְבָלִים), [1Chr 25:1]; [1Chr 25:6]; [2Chr 5:12]; [2Chr 9:11]; [2Chr 20:28]; [2Chr 29:25]; [Neh 12:27]. — compare further BenzArchaeology 273 ff. NowArchaeology i..273 ff. DrAmos 234 ff. WeHpt 222 ff.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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