psalm

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a hymn, a church song
  • a psalm of David, one of the chapters of the book of Psalms

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse salmr 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

Concept
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Modern world

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Kanji

歌, 唄

Emoji
🎵

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