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1 Samuel 1:24 וְנֵ֣בֶל and a skin of

Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.

1 Samuel 10:3 נֵֽבֶל־ a skin of

Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

1 Samuel 10:5 נֵ֤בֶל lyre

After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

Here: A large stringed instrument, probably a harp or a lute with a rounded sound-box. The same word means a bulging jar or wineskin, which may describe its shape. Its exact form is uncertain.

1 Samuel 25:18 נִבְלֵי־ jars of

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

2 Samuel 6:5 וּבִנְבָלִים֙ and on lyres

David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

2 Samuel 16:1 וְנֵ֥בֶל and a skin of

When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

Here: A large container for liquids, either a leather skin or a storage jar. It is not a small bottle; one could hold a good quantity of wine.

1 Kings 10:12 וּנְבָלִ֖ים and lyres

The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)

1 Chronicles 13:8 וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים and with lyres

David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

Here: The nevel is a second stringed instrument, always paired with the kinnor. It was probably larger and lower-pitched, possibly an angular harp or a big lyre. Its exact shape is uncertain.

1 Chronicles 15:16 נְבָלִ֥ים lyres

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

Here: A plucked stringed instrument, probably a larger and lower-pitched member of the lyre family. KJV calls it "psalteries" and BSB calls it "harps." Its exact shape is uncertain.

1 Chronicles 15:20 בִּנְבָלִ֖ים with lyres

Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.

1 Chronicles 15:28 בִּנְבָלִ֖ים with lyres

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

Here: "With harps." A stringed instrument plucked with the fingers, probably larger or lower-pitched than the kinnor. Scholars disagree on exactly what it was.

1 Chronicles 16:5 נְבָלִים֙ lyres

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

1 Chronicles 25:1 בִּנְבָלִ֖ים with lyres

Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

Here: A second stringed instrument, probably larger or lower-pitched than the kinnor, possibly with a resonating body. Its exact shape is uncertain. The two are regularly paired.

1 Chronicles 25:6 נְבָלִ֣ים lyres

All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

2 Chronicles 5:12 וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים and with lyres

all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

Here: A stringed instrument. It was probably a larger, deeper-toned lyre or a harp-type instrument, but its exact shape is uncertain. It is listed alongside the kinnor.

2 Chronicles 9:11 וּנְבָלִ֖ים and lyres

The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

2 Chronicles 20:28 בִּנְבָלִ֥ים with lyres

So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

2 Chronicles 29:25 בִּנְבָלִ֣ים with lyres

Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.

Here: "With nevels": a stringed instrument, probably bigger and lower-pitched than the kinnor. Whether it was a large lyre or a true harp is debated. KJV calls it a "psaltery"; BSB calls it a "harp."

Nehemiah 12:27 נְבָלִ֥ים lyres

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Here: A stringed instrument probably larger than the kinnor, perhaps an angular harp or a large lyre. The exact form is uncertain.

Job 38:37 וְנִבְלֵ֥י and [the] waterskins of

Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

Psalm 33:2 בְּנֵ֥בֶל with lyre of

Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

Here: A second stringed instrument, usually listed alongside the kinnor in temple music. It was probably bigger and deeper in sound, either a larger lyre or an angular harp. The same word also means a skin bottle or jar, which may refer to the shape of its sound-box.

Psalm 57:8 הַנֵּ֥בֶל O lyre

Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Here: With the Hebrew 'the' used for direct address: 'O harp!' This was a stringed instrument used in worship, probably larger and lower-pitched than the kinnôr. Its exact shape is uncertain.

Psalm 71:22 נֶבֶל֮ a lyre

So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Here: A plucked stringed instrument used in temple worship. Its exact shape is uncertain. It was probably larger or deeper-toned than the kinnor, and it was small enough to carry. It was not a modern concert harp.

Psalm 81:2 נָֽבֶל׃ a lyre

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

Here: The second stringed instrument, usually named alongside the kinnor. It was probably larger or lower-pitched. The same word also means a jar or skin container, which may describe a bulging sound-box. We do not know its exact shape.

Psalm 92:3 נָ֑בֶל a lyre

with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

Psalm 108:2 הַנֵּ֥בֶל O lyre

Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Psalm 144:9 בְּנֵ֥בֶל with a lyre of

I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—

Here: "On a nēbel." This was a handheld stringed instrument used in temple and court music, probably a kind of large lyre or harp. It was nothing like a modern concert harp. The prefix bĕ- means "with" or "on" the instrument.

Psalm 150:3 בְּנֵ֣בֶל with lyre

Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

Here: A stringed instrument used by the Levite musicians, always paired with the kinnor. Its exact shape is debated: probably a larger, deeper-toned lyre or an angular harp, plucked with the fingers. The same word also means a jar or skin bottle, which may point to a bulging sound-box.

Isaiah 5:12 וָנֶ֗בֶל and lyre

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Here: A second stringed instrument, probably bigger and lower-pitched than the kinnor. The same Hebrew spelling also means a wine-skin or jar, so the word may glance ahead to the wine at the end of the list.

Isaiah 14:11 נְבָלֶ֑יךָ lyres your

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.

Isaiah 22:24 הַנְּבָלִֽים׃ the jars

So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

Here: "The jars." Storage jars or skin bottles for wine or oil. These are heavier containers, so the list moves from light bowls to heavy jars. The same spelling also means a kind of harp, but here the vessel sense is clearly meant.

Isaiah 30:14 נֵ֧בֶל a jar of

It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

Here: An ordinary storage container. Because potters made it, it is clearly a clay jar here, not a leather skin. It was a cheap, everyday, breakable object.

Jeremiah 13:12 נֵ֖בֶל נֵ֖בֶל wineskin

Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’

Jeremiah 48:12 וְנִבְלֵיהֶ֖ם and jars their

Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

Lamentations 4:2 לְנִבְלֵי־ to jars of

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Here: 'As jars of.' Nevel is a large container for wine or oil. It could be a skin bag, but here 'earthenware' makes it a clay storage jar: ordinary, mass-produced household ware.

Amos 5:23 נְבָלֶ֖יךָ lyres your

Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Here: "Your harps", plural. The nēbel was a hand-held stringed instrument used both in worship and at elite banquets. In 6:5 Amos mocks the rich who "improvise to the sound of the nēbel" while the nation falls apart.

Amos 6:5 הַנָּ֑בֶל the lyre

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

Here: The nēḇel, a handheld stringed instrument used both in temple music and at drinking parties (Isa 5:12). It was not a modern concert harp. The pause accent here closes the first half of the verse.