שְׁמִינִית
sheminit · Sheminith
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8067 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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sheminit (שְׁמִינִית) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sheminith”.
A musical term of uncertain sense. The word means "the eighth"; perhaps a low pitch or an instrument of eight strings.
How to say it
she·mi·nit
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A direction for the musicians; perhaps a pitch or an instrument.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- eighth ×2
- Sheminith ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 15:21
and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with lyres on Sheminith, to lead.
- Psalms 6:1
For the director. With stringed instruments, on the eighth. A psalm of David. YHWH, do not rebuke me in your anger, nor correct me in your fury.
- Psalms 12:1
For the director. On the eighth. A psalm of David. Save, YHWH, for the faithful one is gone; for the trustworthy have vanished from among human beings.