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SHEMINITH, or Seminith;1 this Hebrew Word is found before some of the Psalms, and is generally translated by Octava. But it signifies either an Instrument of eight Strings, or the eighth Band of the Musicians of the Temple.
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שמיניתOctava, vel Instrumentum octo chordis constans. ↩
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Sheminith,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/sheminith/.
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