HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8067
שְׁמִינִית
she.mi.nit — Sheminith
Sheminith perhaps an eight-stringed musical instrument perhaps a musical notation, i.e. an octave
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Sheminith
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Eight; octave, a musical term, supposed to denote the lowest note sung by men’s voices (1 Chr. 15:21; Ps. 6; 12, title).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.