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title: גִּתִּית — Gittite harp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּתִּית (1665), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Gittite harp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּתִּית

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«גִּתִּית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gittite harp** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1665 · **BDB:** גִּתִּית²

### Glosses

Gittith (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gittite harp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1665/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** f. of foregoing (si vera l.) only in phr. עַל־הַגִּתִּית in three ψ-titles: ψ 8:1; 81:1; 84:1; upon the Gittite (lyre) so 𝔗, to the Gittite (melody) Ew Ol De, or either of these Hup Pe; 𝔊 𝔙 הַגִּתֹּת wine-presses, whence Bae al. at the wine-presses, i.e. (Bae) a song for the feast of booths.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּתִּית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1665/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 81:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֬ית לְאָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on the Gittith of Asaph

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

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[Psalms 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.8.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on the Gittith a.psalm of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

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