BDB4948
I. נֵ֫בֶל
noun masculine
Jer 13:12
1.
skin-bottle, skin;
2.
jar, pitcher;
— נֵ֫בֶלabsolute 1Sam 10:5 +; construct 1Sam 10:3 + (on נֶכֶל see
Baer
1Sam 1:24
); —
1.
skin of wine, נֵ֫בֶל יַיִן
1Sam 1:24; 1Sam 10:3; 2Sam 16:1,
compare also Jer
13:12 (twice in verse); plural נִבְלֵי יַיִן
1Sam 25:18
: figurative נִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם
Job 38:37
i.e. clouds (|| שְׁחָקִים).
2. earthen jar, pitcher: figurative of connections of Eliakim כְּלֵי
נְבָלִים
Isa 22:24
נִבְלֵיהֶם יְנַפֵּ֑צוּ
Jer 48:12 (||
כֵּלִים יָרִיקוּ) in figure of Moab (compare Ps 2:9); נִבְלֵיתֶֿרֶשׂ
Lam 4:2 simile of men
of Judah (|| מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי יוֺצֵר); simile of destruction of Judah, שֵׁבֶר נֵ֫כֶל
יוֺצְרִים
Isa 30:14.
BDB4949
II. נֵ֫בֶל, נֶ֫בֶל
noun masculine
Ps 57:9
a musical instrument, either a portable harp, or a lute, guitar (with
bulging resonance-body at lower end); (perhaps = 1. נֵבֶל, and then shape seems to favour
lute; perhaps independent word, e.g. Egyptian loan-word, compare nfr, lute
, WeHpt 222); — absolute נֵ֫בֶל
1Sam 10:5 + 3 t.,
נֶ֫בֶל
Ps 71:22 + 3
t.; נָ֑בֶל
Amos 6:5 + 2 t.;
plural נְבָלִים
2Sam 6:5 + 4 t.;
suffix נְבָלֶיךָ
Amos 5:23; Isa 14:11 —
harp (or lute), played at feasts and religious ceremonies, probably
less simple, cheap and common than
כִּנּוֺר
(q. v.; often named with ׳
נ): — as mark of luxury, revelry Amos 5:23; Amos 6:5;
Amos 14:11,
so Amos 5:12 (
תֹּף חָלִיל
׳
כִנּוֺר נ), also (not in bad sense) 1Kgs 10:12 played by wandering band of prophets 1Sam 10:5 (list as Isa 5:12); in
worship 2Sam 6:5
elsewhere only Psalms, Chronicles, always in worship: Ps 57:9; Ps 81:3; Ps 92:4; Ps 108:3; Ps 150:3
כְּלִי נֶבֶל
Ps 71:22
עָשׂוֺר
׳
נ
a harp with ten strings
Ps 33:2; Ps 144:9; 1Chr 13:8; 1Chr 15:16;
1Chr 15:20;
1Chr 15:28;
1Chr 16:5 (
כְּלֵי
נְבָלִים), 1Chr 25:1; 1Chr 25:6; 2Chr 5:12; 2Chr 9:11; 2Chr 20:28; 2Chr 29:25; Neh 12:27. — compare further
BenzArchaeology 273 ff.
NowArchaeology i.273 ff.
DrAmos 234 ff.
WeHpt 222 ff.
