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title: נְחִילֹות — flute · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְחִילֹות (5155), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: flute. BDB 1906: n.f. meaning unknown. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְחִילֹות

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«נְחִילֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flute** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5155 · **BDB:** נְחִילָה

### Glosses

flutes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5155/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. meaning unknown [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5155/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. meaning unknown; only pl. in phr. אֶל־הַנְּחִילוֹת ψ 5:1 (title); most conj. = נְחִלּוֹת √ חלל = חָלִיל flute; v. against this BaeEinl. xi, who thinks (cf. 𝔊 ὑπὲρ τῆς κληρονομούσης = אֶל־הַנֹּחֶלֶת \[cf. 𝔙\], Jerome \[Aq. Symm\] pro hereditatibus = אֶל־הַנְּחָלֹת) possibly designation of a melody.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְחִילֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5155/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.5.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אֶֽל־הַנְּחִיל֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

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

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

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