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Tambourine
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Credit: Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece
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Comments: Mosaic depicting street musicians, signed by Dioskourides of Samos, it was found in the so-called Villa of Cicero near the ancient city of Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum
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Comments: Single-headed cylindrical tambourines - Soinuenea
From Smith: Timbrel, Tabret - (Heb. toph). In old English tabor was used for any drum. Tabouret and tambourine are diminutives of tabor, and denote the instrument now known as the tambourine. Tabret is a contraction of tabouret. The Hebrew toph is undoubtedly the instrument described by travellers as the duff or diff of the Arabs. It was played principally by women, (Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:6; Psalms 68:25) as an accompaniment to the song and dance. The diff of the Arabs is described by Russell as "a hoop (sometimes with pieces of brass fixed in it to make a jingling) over which a piece of parchment is stretched. It is beaten with the fingers, and is the true tympanum of the ancients." In Barbary it is called tar.
Verses:
- Genesis 31:27
- Exodus 15:20
- Judges 11:34
- 1 Samuel 10:5
- 1 Samuel 18:6
- 2 Samuel 6:5
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
- Job 21:12
- Psalms 68:25
- Psalms 81:2
- Psalms 149:3
- Psalms 150:4
- Isaiah 5:12
- Isaiah 24:8
- Isaiah 30:32
- Jeremiah 31:4
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