H5155

נְחִילָה

ne.chi.lahH:N-F

flute

1) meaning uncertain 1a) may be name of melody 1b) may be a musical instrument 1c) found only in title of Ps 5:1

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[נְחִילָה] noun feminine meaning unknown; only; plural in phrase אֶלהַֿנְּחִילוֺת Ps 5:1 (title); most conjecture = נְחִלּוֺת √חלל = חָלִיל flute; see against this Bae^{Einl. xi}, who thinks (compare ᵐ5 ὑπὲρ τῆς Κληρονομούσης = אֶלהַֿנֹּחֶלֶת [compare ᵑ9], Jerome [Aq Symm] pro hereditatibus = אֶלהַֿנְּחָלֹת) possibly designation of a melody.

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