Lexical Summary nebel: a skin bottle, skin, jar, pitcher Original Word: נֶבֶלTransliteration: nebel Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-bel) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a skin bottle, skin, jar, pitcher Meaning: a skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre Strong's Concordance bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol Or nebel {nay'-bel}; from nabel; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form) -- bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol. see HEBREW nabel Brown-Driver-Briggs H5035. nebel I. נֵ֫בֶל noun masculineJeremiah 13:12 1 skin-bottle, skin; 2 jar, pitcher; — נֵ֫בֶלabsolute 1 Samuel 10:5 +; construct 10:3 + (on נֶכֶל see Baer1:24); — 1 skin of wine, יַיִן נֵ֫בֶל 1 Samuel 1:24; 10:3; 2 Samuel 16:1, compare also Jeremiah 13:12 (twice in verse); plural יַיִן נִבְלֵי 1 Samuel 25:18 : figurative שָׁמַיִם נִבְלֵי Job 38:37 i.e. clouds ("" שְׁחָקִים). 2 earthen jar, pitcher: figurative of connections of Eliakim נְבָלִים כְּלֵי Isaiah 22:24; יְנַמֵּ֑צוּ נִבְלֵיהֶם Jeremiah 48:12 ("" יָרִיקוּ כֵּלִים) in figure of Moab (compare Psalm 2:9); נִבְלֵיתֶֿרֶשׂ Lamentations 4:2 simile of men of Judah ("" יוֺצֵר יְדֵי מַעֲשֵׂה); simile of destruction of Judah, יוֺצְרִים נֵ֫כֶל שֵׁבֶר Isaiah 30:14. II. נֶ֫בֶל נֵ֫בֶל, noun masculinePsalm 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 1 Samuel 10:5 3t., נֶ֫בֶל Psalm 71:22 3t.; נָ֑בֶל Amos 6:5 2t.; plural נְבָלִים 2 Samuel 6:5 4t.; suffix נְבָלֶיךָ Amos 5:23; Isaiah 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; 6:5; Amos 14:11, so 5:12 (נ ׳כִנּוֺר חָלִיל תֹּף), also (not in bad sense) 1 Kings 10:12; played by wandering band of prophets 1 Samuel 10:5 (list as Isaiah 5:12); in worship 2 Samuel 6:5; elsewhere only Psalms, Chronicles, always in worship: Psalm 57:9; 81:3; 92:4; 108:3; 150:3; נֶבֶל כְּלִי 71:22; ׳נ עָשׂוֺר a harp with ten strings 33:2; 144:9; 1 Chronicles 13:8; 15:16, 20, 28; 16:5 (נְבָלִים כְּלֵי), 25:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25; Nehemiah 12:27. — compare further BenzArchaeology 273 ff. NowArchaeology i..273 ff. DrAmos 234 ff. WeHpt 222 ff. |
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