Lexicon
סוּמְפּוֹנְיָה
sum.po.ne.yah
H5481
A:N-F Hebrew

bagpipe

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Hebrew
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sum.po.ne.yah names an instrument sounded in the musical signal calling people to bow before the image in Daniel 3.

The term occurs as the name of an instrument within the listed musical sound that signals the command to fall down and worship the image in Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:10, and Daniel 3:15.

Senses in use

  1. Instrument in the worship-command signal · dominant

    In Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:10, and Daniel 3:15, the singular absolute noun stands in a sequence of instruments heard at the time people are commanded to fall down and worship the image. The APB renders the surrounding instrument list with “the pipes,” but it is a whole-verse translation to the individual term.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:10, and Daniel 3:15, the APB presents the term within a list of instruments as “the pipes.” That English wording cannot by itself isolate the term's precise contribution.

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