1. flute, pipe — A wind instrument, a reed flute or pipe, used in both celebratory and mournful contexts in ancient Israel. Appears in singular and plural forms with various prepositions: listed among instruments of prophetic ecstasy (1 Samuel 10:5), as part of banquet revelry ignoring God's works (Isaiah 5:12), accompanying joyful procession to the mountain of the Lord (Isaiah 30:29), played at Solomon's coronation celebration (1 Kings 1:40), and as a simile for the mournful sound of Moab's lamentation (Jeremiah 48:36, twice). The multilingual glosses are entirely consistent: mizmar/nay (Arabic), flute (English/French), bansuri (Hindi), piri (Korean), flauta (Spanish). All occurrences refer to the same musical instrument. 6×
AR["بِ-الْمَزَامِيرِ","بِـ-النَّايِ","كَالنَّايَاتِ","وَ-مِزْمَارٌ","وَ-نَايٌ"]·ben["আর-বাঁশি","ও-বাঁশি","বাঁশিগুলির-মত","বাঁশিতে","বাঁশিতে-"]·DE["[בחליל]","[וחליל]","[כחלילים]","[כחללים]","auf-flutes","und-flute"]·EN["and-flute","like-flutes","on-flutes","with-the-flute"]·FR["[בחליל]","[וחליל]","[כחלילים]","[כחללים]","et-flute","sur-flutes"]·heb["ב-ה-חלילים","ב-חליל","ו-חליל","וְ-חָלִיל","כ-חלילים"]·HI["और-बाँसुरी","और-बांसुरी","बांसुरियां","बांसुरी-की-तरह","में-बांसुरी"]·ID["dan-seruling","dengan-seruling","seperti-seruling","seruling"]·IT["[בחליל]","[וחליל]","[כחלילים]","[כחללים]","e-flute","su-flutes"]·jav["kados-suling","kalayan-suling","lan-suling","suling"]·KO["그리고-피리와","에-피리에","피리들처럼-","피리로","피리와"]·PT["com-a-flauta","com-flautas","como-flautas","e-flauta"]·RU["и-свирель","как-свирели","на-свирелях","с-свирелью"]·ES["como-flautas","con-flauta","con-flautas","y-flauta"]·SW["kama-filimbi","na-filimbi","na-wakifurahi"]·TR["-gibi-kavallar","flütlerle","kavalda","ve-kaval"]·urd["اور-بانسری","بانسری-سے","بانسری-کی-طرح","بانسریوں-پر"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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).