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Neginoth

NEGINOTH. This Term is read before some of the Psalms1. It signifies String-Instruments of Musick, to be play’d on by the Fingers, or Women-Musicians; and the Titles of those Psalms, where this Word is found, may be thus translated; A Psalm of David to the Master of Musick, who presides over the String-Instruments.

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  1. Psal. lxvii. למנצח בנגינות ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Neginoth,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/n/neginoth/.

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