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# psaltery

noun

«psaltery» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In 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.

### Meaning

An old stringed musical instrument like a harp, played to accompany songs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/psaltery/#m1)

### Examples

- Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. (Writings PSA.108.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/psaltery/#x1)
- Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. (Writings PSA.57.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/psaltery/#x2)
- Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery. (Writings PSA.81.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/psaltery/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «psaltery» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/psaltery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«psaltery» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/psaltery.html) on Mova free.