Sheminith
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eighth
(an eight-stringed instrument)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SHEMINITH.See art. Psalms, p. 772a.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Psalm 6 and Psalm 12's title. Feminine of shemini, "the eighth" (Exo_22:32); 1Ch_15:21, "the singers were appointed with harps on the sheminith to excel," or "oversee." Gesenius explains, the lowest of the three keys of the human voice, an octave or eighth below the treble; the bass sung by men; as "on alamoth" answers to the treble or female voice, as alamoth means. Hengstenberg takes it as indicating the time measured according to the number eight. Septuagint and Vulgate translated "concerning" or "for the eighth."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Shem'inith. (eighth). A musical term found in the title of Psa_6:1. A similar direction is found in the title of Psa_12:1. Compare 1Ch_15:21. It seems most probable that Sheminith denotes a certain air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
shem?i-nith. See MUSIC; PSALMS.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. with the art. hash-Sheminith', הִשְּׁמַינַית, fem. sing. of שַׁמַינַי, eighth.) The title of Psalms 6 contains a direction to the leader of the stringed instruments of the Temple choir concerning the manner in which the psalm was to be sung. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith or the eighth, as the margin of the A.V. has it, and as the same word is elsewhere rendered (Lev_25:32, etc.). A similar direction is found in the title of Psalms 12. The Sept. in both passages renders ὑπὲρ τῆς ὀγδόης, and the Vulg. pro octava. The Geneva Version gives upon the eighth tune. Referring to 1Ch_15:21, we find that certain Levites were appointed by David to play with harps on the Sheminith, which the Vulgate renders as above, and the Sept. by ἀμασενίθ, which is merely a corruption of the Hebrew. The Geneva version explains in the margin which was the eighth tune, over the which he that was the most excellent had charge. As we know nothing whatever of the music of the Hebrews, all conjectures as to the meaning of their musical terms are necessarily vague and contradictory.
With respect to Sheminith, most Rabbinical writers, as Rashi and Aben-Ezra, follow the Targum on the Psalms in regarding it as a harp with eight strings; but this has no foundation, and depends upon a misconstruction of 1Ch_15:21. Gesenius (Thesaur. s.v. נצח) says it denotes the bass, in opposition to Alamoth (1Ch_15:20), which signifies the treble. But as the meaning of Alamoth itself is very obscure, we cannot make use of it for determining the meaning of a term which, though distinct from, is not necessarily contrasted with it. Others, with the author of Shilte Haggibborim, interpret the sheminith as the octive; but there is no evidence that the ancient Hebrews were acquainted with the octave as understood by ourselves so comparing the manner in which the word occurs in the titles of the two psalms already mentioned with the position of the terms Aijeleth Shahar, Jonath-elem-rechokim, etc., in other psalms, which are generally regarded as indicating the melody to be employed by the singers, it seems probable that Sheminlith is of the same kind, and denotes a certain air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung. Maurer (Comm. in Psalms 6) regards Sheminith as an instrument of deep tone like the violoncello, while Alamoth he compares with the violin; and such, also, appears to be the view taken by Junius and Tremellius. SEE PSALMS.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
(an eight-stringed instrument)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SHEMINITH.See art. Psalms, p. 772a.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Psalm 6 and Psalm 12's title. Feminine of shemini, "the eighth" (Exo_22:32); 1Ch_15:21, "the singers were appointed with harps on the sheminith to excel," or "oversee." Gesenius explains, the lowest of the three keys of the human voice, an octave or eighth below the treble; the bass sung by men; as "on alamoth" answers to the treble or female voice, as alamoth means. Hengstenberg takes it as indicating the time measured according to the number eight. Septuagint and Vulgate translated "concerning" or "for the eighth."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Shem'inith. (eighth). A musical term found in the title of Psa_6:1. A similar direction is found in the title of Psa_12:1. Compare 1Ch_15:21. It seems most probable that Sheminith denotes a certain air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
shem?i-nith. See MUSIC; PSALMS.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. with the art. hash-Sheminith', הִשְּׁמַינַית, fem. sing. of שַׁמַינַי, eighth.) The title of Psalms 6 contains a direction to the leader of the stringed instruments of the Temple choir concerning the manner in which the psalm was to be sung. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith or the eighth, as the margin of the A.V. has it, and as the same word is elsewhere rendered (Lev_25:32, etc.). A similar direction is found in the title of Psalms 12. The Sept. in both passages renders ὑπὲρ τῆς ὀγδόης, and the Vulg. pro octava. The Geneva Version gives upon the eighth tune. Referring to 1Ch_15:21, we find that certain Levites were appointed by David to play with harps on the Sheminith, which the Vulgate renders as above, and the Sept. by ἀμασενίθ, which is merely a corruption of the Hebrew. The Geneva version explains in the margin which was the eighth tune, over the which he that was the most excellent had charge. As we know nothing whatever of the music of the Hebrews, all conjectures as to the meaning of their musical terms are necessarily vague and contradictory.
With respect to Sheminith, most Rabbinical writers, as Rashi and Aben-Ezra, follow the Targum on the Psalms in regarding it as a harp with eight strings; but this has no foundation, and depends upon a misconstruction of 1Ch_15:21. Gesenius (Thesaur. s.v. נצח) says it denotes the bass, in opposition to Alamoth (1Ch_15:20), which signifies the treble. But as the meaning of Alamoth itself is very obscure, we cannot make use of it for determining the meaning of a term which, though distinct from, is not necessarily contrasted with it. Others, with the author of Shilte Haggibborim, interpret the sheminith as the octive; but there is no evidence that the ancient Hebrews were acquainted with the octave as understood by ourselves so comparing the manner in which the word occurs in the titles of the two psalms already mentioned with the position of the terms Aijeleth Shahar, Jonath-elem-rechokim, etc., in other psalms, which are generally regarded as indicating the melody to be employed by the singers, it seems probable that Sheminlith is of the same kind, and denotes a certain air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung. Maurer (Comm. in Psalms 6) regards Sheminith as an instrument of deep tone like the violoncello, while Alamoth he compares with the violin; and such, also, appears to be the view taken by Junius and Tremellius. SEE PSALMS.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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