Miktam
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Miktam or Michtam (Hebrew: מִכְתָּם) is a word of unknown meaning found in the headings of Psalms 16 and 56 – 60 in the Hebrew Bible . [1] These six Psalms, and many others, are associated with King David . They may have formed one of several smaller collections of psalms which preceded the present psalter and on which it was based. [2]
Miktam corresponds to the Babylonian nakamu , lid, a metal cover for a vessel, but efforts to derive a meaning for the term in the Psalms have not been convincing. [3]
In modern Hebrew , the word has come to mean " epigram ", and numerous collections of Hebrew epigrams have used that word in their titles. [ citation needed ]
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References
- ↑ "Miktam - Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon - New American Standard" . Bible Study Tools .
- ↑ Berry, G. R., The Titles of the Psalms , Journal of Biblical Literature , Vol. 33, No. 3 (Oct., 1914), pp. 198–200, accessed 20 February 2020
- ↑ S. Langdon, Babylonian and Hebrew Musical Terms, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , No. 2 (April 1921), pp. 169–191.