STRONGS NUMBER H5035

H5035. nebel

I. נֵ֫בֶל‎ noun masculine^{Jeremiah 13:12}

1 skin-bottle, skin;

2 jar, pitcher; — נֵ֫בֶל‎absolute 1 Samuel 10:5 +; construct 10:3 + (on נֶכֶל‎ see Baer^1:24); —

1 skin of wine, יַיִן נֵ֫בֶל‎ 1 Samuel 1:24; 10:3; 2 Samuel 16:1, compare also Jeremiah 13:12 (twice in verse); plural יַיִן נִבְלֵי‎ 1 Samuel 25:18 : figurative שָׁמַיִם נִבְלֵי‎ Job 38:37 i.e. clouds ("" שְׁחָקִים‎).

2 earthen jar, pitcher: figurative of connections of Eliakim נְבָלִים כְּלֵי‎ Isaiah 22:24; יְנַמֵּ֑צוּ נִבְלֵיהֶם‎ Jeremiah 48:12 ("" יָרִיקוּ כֵּלִים‎) in figure of Moab (compare Psalm 2:9); נִבְלֵיתֶֿרֶשׂ‎ Lamentations 4:2 simile of men of Judah ("" יוֺצֵר יְדֵי מַעֲשֵׂה‎); simile of destruction of Judah, יוֺצְרִים נֵ֫כֶל שֵׁבֶר‎ Isaiah 30:14.

II. נֶ֫בֶל נֵ֫בֶל,‎ noun masculine^{Psalm 57:9} a musical instrument, either a portable harp, or a lute, guitar (with bulging resonance-body at lower end); (perhaps = 1. נֵבֶל‎, and then shape seems to favour lute; perhaps independent word, e.g. Egyptian loan-word, compare nfr, lute, We^{Hpt 222}); — absolute נֵ֫בֶל‎ 1 Samuel 10:5 3t., נֶ֫בֶל‎ Psalm 71:22 3t.; נָ֑בֶל‎ Amos 6:5 2t.; plural נְבָלִים‎ 2 Samuel 6:5 4t.; suffix נְבָלֶיךָ‎ Amos 5:23; Isaiah 14:11; — harp (or lute), played at feasts and religious ceremonies, probably less simple, cheap and common than כִּנּוֺר‎ (q. v.; often named with ׳נ‎): — as mark of luxury, revelry Amos 5:23; 6:5; Amos 14:11, so 5:12 (נ ׳כִנּוֺר חָלִיל תֹּף‎), also (not in bad sense) 1 Kings 10:12; played by wandering band of prophets 1 Samuel 10:5 (list as Isaiah 5:12); in worship 2 Samuel 6:5; elsewhere only Psalms, Chronicles, always in worship: Psalm 57:9; 81:3; 92:4; 108:3; 150:3; נֶבֶל כְּלִי‎ 71:22; ׳נ עָשׂוֺר‎ a harp with ten strings 33:2; 144:9; 1 Chronicles 13:8; 15:16, 20, 28; 16:5 (נְבָלִים כְּלֵי‎), 25:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25; Nehemiah 12:27. — compare further Benz^{Archaeology 273 ff.} Now^{Archaeology i..273 ff.} Dr^{Amos 234 ff.} We^{Hpt 222 ff}.