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| ⚫ | The '''nevel''' or '''nebel''' ({{lang-he|נֵ֤בֶל}} ''nêḇel'') was a ] used by the ancient ]. The Greeks translated the name as ] (νάβλα, “Phoenician harp”).<ref name=OED>{{cite OED | nabla}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Rich, Anthony |title=A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities |location=New York |publisher=D. Appleton & Company |year=1874 |page=439 }}</ref> | ||
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| A number of possibilities have been proposed for what kind of instrument the ''nevel'' was; these include the ], and the ], both of which are strummed instruments like the ], with strings running across the ], like the modern ] and ]. Most scholars believe the ''nevel'' was a ], a plucked instrument with strings rising up from its ].<ref name="Braun2002">{{cite book |author=Joachim Braun |title=Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine: Archaeological, Written, and Comparative Sources |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXrHi31KN9YC&pg=PA24 |year=2002 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-4477-4 |page=23}}</ref> | A number of possibilities have been proposed for what kind of instrument the ''nevel'' was; these include the ], and the ], both of which are strummed instruments like the ], with strings running across the ], like the modern ] and ]. Most scholars believe the ''nevel'' was a ], a plucked instrument with strings rising up from its ].<ref name="Braun2002">{{cite book |author=Joachim Braun |title=Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine: Archaeological, Written, and Comparative Sources |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXrHi31KN9YC&pg=PA24 |year=2002 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-4477-4 |page=23}}</ref> | ||
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 Ancient Nevel (Harp) | |
| Classification | String instrument |
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| Related instruments | |
| Lyre, Kinnor, Kithara | |
The nevel or nebel (Template:Lang-he nêḇel) was a stringed instrument used by the ancient Hebrew people. The Greeks translated the name as nabla (νάβλα, “Phoenician harp”).
A number of possibilities have been proposed for what kind of instrument the nevel was; these include the psaltery, and the kythira, both of which are strummed instruments like the kinnor, with strings running across the sound box, like the modern guitar and zither. Most scholars believe the nevel was a frame harp, a plucked instrument with strings rising up from its sound box.
The King James Version renders the word into English as psaltery or viol, and the Book of Common Prayer renders it lute..
The word nevel has been adopted for “harp” in modern Hebrew.
See also
References
- "nabla". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- Rich, Anthony (1874). A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities. New York: D. Appleton & Company. p. 439.
- Joachim Braun (2002). Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine: Archaeological, Written, and Comparative Sources. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8028-4477-4.
- Neil, James (1913). Everyday Life in the Holy Land. London, UK: Cassel & Company, Ltd. p. 218.