This rare verbal form, appearing only in Amos 6:5, describes people improvising songs or strumming musical instruments. The root may mean 'to divide,' 'to scatter,' or 'to break off,' yielding translations like 'those who divide out songs' or 'those who improvise.' Context is crucial: Amos condemns wealthy Israelites reclining on luxury couches, eating choice meat, drinking wine, anointing themselves with finest oils—and 'improvising to the sound of the harp.' The criticism targets not music itself but frivolous self-indulgence while the nation crumbles. They invent songs for themselves like David, but without his devotion or purpose.