psalm

English

/sɑːm/, /sɑm/

noun
Definitions
  • (religion) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
  • One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English salm derived from Old English psealm derived from Old French psalme derived from Latin psalmus (psalm) derived from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (mostly of musical strings, performance on a stringed instrument, the sound emanating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers, song sung to a harp, psalm, sound of a harp, song, twitching, the sound emenating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ψαλμός

Gloss

mostly of musical strings, performance on a stringed instrument, the sound emanating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers, song sung to a harp, psalm, sound of a harp, song, twitching, the sound emenating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers

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Kanji

歌, 唄

Emoji
🎵

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