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{{Short description|Biblical instrument of ten strings}}
The '''asor''' (Hebr. for "ten") was a ] "of ten strings" mentioned in the ], about which authors are not agreed.
] Asor). This is a representation of a horizontal ]. From the 1884 book ''Histoire de la musique'' by Henri Marie Lavoix (1846–1897).]]
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The '''asor''' ({{langx|he|עָשׂוֹר}} ''ʿasor''; from עשר ''eśer'', meaning "ten") was a ] "of ten strings" mentioned in the ].<ref name="Grove">{{cite book |entry= 'Asor|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments |date=1984 |publisher=MacMillan Press |editor=Sadie Stanley |volume=1 |place=London |page=80 |quote=a chordophone presumed to have had ten...strings}}</ref> There is little agreement on what sort of instrument it was or to what instruments it had similarities.


==Biblical references==
The word occurs only three times in the Bible, and has not been traced elsewhere. In Psalm xxxiii. 2 the reference is to "kinnor, nebel and asor"; in Psalm xcii. 3, to "nebel and asor" The word occurs only three times in the Bible, and has not been traced elsewhere. In ] 33:2 the reference is to "], ] and asor" ({{langx|he|הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה בְּ'''כִנּוֹר'''; בְּ'''נֵבֶל''' '''עָשׂוֹר''', זַמְּרוּ-לוֹ׃}}); in Psalm 92:3, to "nebel and asor"; in Psalm 144 to "nebel-asor".{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=764}}
⚫ "; in Psalm cxliv. to " nebel-asor." In the English version asor is translated "an instrument of ten strings," with a marginal note "omit" applied to "instrument." In the ], the word being derived from a root signifying " ten," the Greek is ???, in the ] ''in decachordo psalterio''. Each time the word asor is used it follows the word ''nebel'', and probably merely indicates a variant of the nebel, having ten strings instead of the customary twelve assigned to it by ] (''Antiquities'', vii. 12. 3).


⚫ In the ] ''asor'' is translated "an instrument of ten strings", with a marginal note "omit" applied to "instrument". In the ], the word being derived from a root signifying "ten", the ] is ''ἐν δεκαχορδῷ'' or ''ψαλτήριον δεκάχορδον'', in the ] ''in decachordo psalterio''. Each time the word asor is used it follows the word ''nebel'', and probably merely indicates a variant of the nebel, having ten strings instead of the customary twelve assigned to it by ].<ref>{{harvnb|Chisholm|1911|p=764}} cites '']'', vii. 12. 3.</ref>
⚫ == References ==


==Bibliography==
* Mendel and Reissmann, ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon', vol. i. (Berlin, 1881) * ] and August Reissmann, ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon'', vol. 1 (Berlin, 1881)
* Sir John Stainer, ''The Music of the Bible'', pp. 35-37 * Sir ], ''The Music of the Bible'', {{pp.|35|37}}
* Forkel, ''Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik'', Bd. i. p. 133 (Leipzig, 1788). * ], ''Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik'', vol.1 {{p.|133}} (Leipzig, 1788).


==See also==
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==Notes==
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Biblical instrument of ten strings
Line drawing labeled Asor Assyrien (Assyrian Asor). This is a representation of a horizontal angular harp. From the 1884 book Histoire de la musique by Henri Marie Lavoix (1846–1897).
For other uses, see ASOR.

The asor (Hebrew: עָשׂוֹר ʿasor; from עשר eśer, meaning "ten") was a musical instrument "of ten strings" mentioned in the Bible. There is little agreement on what sort of instrument it was or to what instruments it had similarities.

Biblical references

The word occurs only three times in the Bible, and has not been traced elsewhere. In Psalm 33:2 the reference is to "kinnor, nebel and asor" (Hebrew: הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה בְּכִנּוֹר; בְּנֵבֶל עָשׂוֹר, זַמְּרוּ-לוֹ׃); in Psalm 92:3, to "nebel and asor"; in Psalm 144 to "nebel-asor".

In the King James Version asor is translated "an instrument of ten strings", with a marginal note "omit" applied to "instrument". In the Septuagint, the word being derived from a root signifying "ten", the Greek is ἐν δεκαχορδῷ or ψαλτήριον δεκάχορδον, in the Vulgate in decachordo psalterio. Each time the word asor is used it follows the word nebel, and probably merely indicates a variant of the nebel, having ten strings instead of the customary twelve assigned to it by Josephus.

Bibliography

  • Hermann Mendel and August Reissmann, Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon, vol. 1 (Berlin, 1881)
  • Sir John Stainer, The Music of the Bible, pp. 35–37
  • Forkel, Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik, vol.1 p. 133 (Leipzig, 1788).

See also

Notes

  1. Sadie Stanley, ed. (1984). "'Asor". The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Vol. 1. London: MacMillan Press. p. 80. a chordophone presumed to have had ten...strings
  2. Chisholm 1911, p. 764.
  3. Chisholm 1911, p. 764 cites Antiquities, vii. 12. 3.

References

Attribution


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