NABLUM, in Hebrew, Nebel1, an Instrument of Musick among the Hebrews. The Seventy and the Vulgate translate it sometimes by Nablum, and at other Times by Psalterion, or Lyra, or even Cithara. The Nablum was a stringed Instrument, very near of the Form of a Δ, which was played upon by both Hands, and with a kind of Bow. It sounded by Means of a Belly that was hollow above, and was touched below. Our Dissertation may be read, concerning the Instruments of Musick of the antient Hebrews, before the second Tome of the Commentary upon the Psalms.
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נבלNebel, Lyra, vel Cythara, vel Psalterium, vel Nablum. ↩