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Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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It is somewhat remarkable, that the Hebrews have no peculiar or specific name for an hymn. A Canticle, or Song, or Psalm, they have words for. Perhaps those which are called Hal-lah might mean as much, for the Hallelu-Jah of David's psalms imply as much.

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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Hymn'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​h/hymn.html. London. 1828.
 
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