Flute Pipe Instrument

† תֹּף n.m. timbrel, tambourine;—abs. ת׳ Gn 31:27 +; pl. תֻּפִּים Ju 11:34 +; sf. תֻּפֶּ֫יךָ Ez 28:13, תֻּפַּ֫יִךְ Je 31:4;—timbrel, held and struck with hand, especially by dancing women, often with other musical instr.:—sign of merriment, gladness Gn 31:27 (E) Jb 21:12, revelry Is 5:12; מְשׂוֹשׂ ת׳ 24:8, cf. Je 31:4; Ez 28:19 (Co setting); triumph Ex 15:20(×2) (E) Ju 11:34; 1 S 18:6; Is 30:32; used by prophets in ecstasy 1 S 10:5; in praise of י׳ 2 S 6:5 ‖ 1 Ch 13:8, ψ 81:3; 149:3; 150:4.—Vid. PrinceEB Music, § 3.

† חָלִיל n.m. flute, pipe, ח׳ 1 S 10:5 Is 5:12; 30:29; pl. חֲלִלִים 1 K 1:40 Je 48:36(×2).

† [מַשְׁרוֹקִי] n.f. pipe (cf. Syriac (rare));—emph. מַשְׁרוֹקִיתָא Dn 3:5, 7, 15, מַשְׁרֹק׳ 3:10.

† שַׂבְּכָא (> van d. H. ס׳, v. Baer) n. [f.] trigon, mus. instr. (whence prob. Gk. σαμβύκη, triang. instr. with four strings, v. Thes LewyFremdw. 161 f. PrinceEB 3238 Dr Dn 3:5; also BH שְׂבָכָה lattice-work, √ שׂבך, cf. Syriac ܣܒܰܟ );—Dn 3:5, 7, 10, 15.

† סוּמְפֹּנְיָה n.f. bag-pipe, or double pipe or Pan’s pipe (v. GFMJBL, 1905, 166 ff.) (NH LevyNHWB iii. 492; NH Aramaic סִימְפּוֹן is tube, especially vein, artery Idib. 513; loan-word from (late) Gk. συμφωνία, Krauss ii. 376, 390 Bev 41 Dr Dn 3:5 NesMM 37 (hence also later Lat. symphonia, Ital. zampogna), PrinceEB 3230);—abs. ס׳ Dn 3:5, 15, = סיפניה Kt, סוּפֹּנְיָה Qr v 10 (Syriac ܨܦܽܘܢܝܳܐ id.; cf. Palm. ספון = σύμφωνος, in agreement, Lzb 330 GACookeInscr. 338).

† עוּגָב n.m. a musical instr. (poss. from above √, because of sensuous or appealing tones);—Gn 4:21 (J; + כִּנּוֹר), Jb 21:12 (‖ תֹּף, כִּנּוֹר), ψ 150:4 (+ מִנִּים), sf. עֻגָבִי Jb 30:31 (‖ כִּנֹּרִי);—according to 𝔗 a reed-pipe or flute (אַבּוּבָא), 𝔙 a Pan’s pipe (organon, made up of several reeds together); NowArch. i. 277 BenzArch. 276 think of bag-pipe (= סוּמְפֹּנְיָה Dn 3:5, 10, 15), cf. also in Weψψ Eng.Tr. 219; > a stringed instr. 𝔊 𝔖 (Gn 4:21).

αὐλέω, Boeotian dialect participle αὐλίωνRefs: (αὐλός):—play on the flute, Φρύγιον αὔλησεν μέλοςRefs 7th c.BC+; αὐ. ἔξοδον play a finale, Refs 5th c.BC+; αὐ. εἰρεσίαν, of the boatswain, Refs 1st c.AD+:— passive, of tunes, to be played on the flute, ὁ Βακχεῖος ῥυθμὸς ηὐλεῖτοRefs 5th c.BC+is filled with music, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 of persons, play to, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—mostly in passive, to be played to, hear music, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but possibly middle as in Refs 5th c.BC+ __II generally, play, κέρατιRefs 2nd c.AD+

αὐλ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ, flute-player, Refs 6th c.BC+; Boeotian dialect αὐλειτάς Refs __II kind of wasp, Refs 5th c.AD+ __III αὐ. ὑπονόμων sanitary engineer, Refs 5th c.AD+

† II. [חָלַל] vb.denom. play the pipe, pipe— Qal Pt. pl. וְשָׁרִים כְּחֹלֲלִים ψ 87:7 as well the singers as the pipe-players, cf. AV; Pôʿlel Pt. from i. חוּל dancers. Pi. Pt. וְהָעָם מְחַלְּלִים בַּחֲלִלִים 1 K 1:40 and the people piped with pipes (cf. Assyrian ḫâlalu, according to Dl in ZimBP 117).

† [תָּפַף] vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat;— Qal Pt. עֲלָמוֹת תֹּפֵפוֹת ψ 68:26; read Impf. וַיָּ֫תָף 1 S 21:14 𝔊 (v. תוה). Poʿēl. Pt. כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים מְתֹפְפֹת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶן Na 2:8; > Sta (after 𝔊) מְצַפְצְפוֹת twittering.

αὐλός, ὁ, pipe, flute, clarionet, Refs 8th c.BC+; Ἔλυμος, i.e. Φρύγιος (which see), Refs 5th c.BC+; αὐ. γυναικήιος, ἀνδρήιος, Refs 5th c.BC+; αὐ. ἀνδρεῖοι, παιδικοί, παρθένιοι, Refs 4th c.BC+; αὐ. Ἐνυαλίου, i.e. a trumpet, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὑπ᾽ αὐλοῦ to the sound of the flute, Refs 5th c.BC+ [same place]; πρὸς τὸν αὐ., ὑπὸ τὸν αὐ., Refs 5th c.BC+ pipes of the πηκτίς, Refs __2 hollow tube, pipe, groove, περόνη τέτυκτο αὐλοῖσιν διδύμοισι the buckle was furnished with two pipes or grooves (into which the tongue fitted), Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐγκέφαλος παρ᾽ αὐλὸν ἀνέδραμε spirted up beside the vizard (compare αὐλῶπις), or beside the socket of the spear-head into which the shaft fitted, Refs 8th c.BC+ means the jet of blood through the tube of the nostril; αὐλὸς ἐκ χαλκείου the smith's bellows, Refs 5th c.BC+; tube of the clepsydra, Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 in animals, blow-hole of cetacea, Refs; funnel of a cuttle-fish, Refs; conus arteriosus in fishes,Refs; duct, probably in Refs __4 stadium (compare δίαυλος), Refs 3rd c.BC+ __5 haulm of grain, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __6 cow-bane, Cicuta virosa, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+ __7 εἶδος ἀκολάστου σχήματος, Refs __II razor-shell, ={σωλήν} (which see), Refs 3rd c.BC+

[נְחִילָה] 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.