Psalms 33:2

2. Harp The kinnor was an instrument ordinarily of ten strings, sometimes more, (see note on Psalms 81:2,) shaped, probably, like a modern harp, or, as some suppose, like the letter delta ( Δ ) of the Greek alphabet. It was an Asiatic instrument of the earliest invention, (Genesis 4:21,) used by the Hebrews on all occasions, either of joy or sorrow. See on Psalms 92:3. But, though once so universally popular, it has now “disappeared from the entire East.” Van Lennep.

Psaltery Hebrew, nebel, another stringed instrument resembling the harp, probably a kind of guitar having six strings; Josephus says twelve, but Chappell says some were doubled, making virtually but six. In what respects it differed from the harp is not known. It was of Phoenician origin, much used by the Hebrews in worship. It is translated “viol,” Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 44:11; Amos 5:23; Amos 6:5; and “lute” in the Prayer Book.

Instrument of ten strings Hebrew, ‘asor. Whether this is a different instrument from the “ psaltery” is doubtful. The full designation of “psaltery” is nebel ‘asor, the psaltery of ten strings, and here, and in Psalms 92:4, it might be translated, “upon the psaltery of ten strings,” and, in Psalms 92:3, “upon the ten stringed instrument, even the psaltery.” The word always occurs in connexion with psaltery.

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