נֶבֶל

II. נֵ֫בֶל, נֶ֫בֶל noun masculine^{Sl 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, We^{Hpt 222}); — absolute נֵ֫בֶל 1 Sam 10,5 + 3 t., נֶ֫בֶל Sl 71,22 + 3 t.; נָ֑בֶל Amos 6,5 + 2 t.; plural נְבָלִים 2 Sam 6,5 + 4 t.; suffix נְבָלֶיךָ Amos 5,23; Es 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) 1 Kong 10,12 played by wandering band of prophets 1 Sam 10,5 (list as Es 5,12); in worship 2 Sam 6,5 elsewhere only Psalms, Chronicles, always in worship: Sl 57,9; Sl 81,3; Sl 92,4; Sl 108,3; Sl 150,3 כְּלִי נֶבֶל Sl 71,22 עָשׂוֺר ׳נ a harp with ten strings Sl 33,2; Sl 144,9; 1 Kron 13,8; 1 Kron 15,16; 1 Kron 15,20; 1 Kron 15,28; 1 Kron 16,5 (כְּלֵי נְבָלִים), 1 Kron 25,1; 1 Kron 25,6; 2 Kron 5,12; 2 Kron 9,11; 2 Kron 20,28; 2 Kron 29,25; Neh 12,27. — compare further Benz^{Archaeology 273 ff.} Now^{Archaeology i..273 ff.} Dr^{Amos 234 ff.} We^{Hpt 222 ff}.