Definition

properly, to thrum, i.e. beat atune with the fingers; expectation. to play on astringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• player on instruments
• sing to the stringed instruments
• melody
• ministrel
• play(-er
• -ing)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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