nebel
nounEtymology Borrowed from Hebrew נבל. Doublet of nabla.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Obsolete A Hebrew stringed instrument, possibly the same as the nabla.
- Two nebels were always to be played in the daily services of the Temple, and the number might not exceed six.1879, Francis Roubiliac Conder, Claude Reignier Conder, “Part I”, “Chapter VIII. Art and Science among the Israelites”, in A Handbook to the Bible: Being a Guide to the Study of the Holy Scriptures; Derived from Ancient Monuments and Modern Exploration, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 167: