Asor
The asor (Hebrew: עָשׂוֹר ʿasor; from עשר eśer, meaning "ten") was a musical instrument "of ten strings" mentioned in the Bible. There is little agreement on what sort of instrument it was or to what instruments it had similarities.
Biblical references
[edit]The word occurs only three times in the Bible, and has not been traced elsewhere. In Psalm 33:2 the reference is to "kinnor, nebel and asor" (Hebrew: הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה בְּכִנּוֹר; בְּנֵבֶל עָשׂוֹר, זַמְּרוּ-לוֹ׃); in Psalm 92:3, to "nebel and asor"; in Psalm 144 to "nebel-asor".[1]
In the King James Version asor is translated "an instrument of ten strings", with a marginal note "omit" applied to "instrument". In the Septuagint, the word being derived from a root signifying "ten", the Greek is ἐ
Bibliography
[edit]- Hermann Mendel and August Reissmann, Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon, vol. 1 (Berlin, 1881)
- Sir John Stainer, The Music of the Bible, pp. 35–37
- Forkel, Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik, vol.1 p. 133 (Leipzig, 1788).
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 764.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 764 cites Antiquities, vii. 12. 3.
References
[edit]- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Asor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 764. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the