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Tabering
Playing on a small drum or tabret. In Nahum 2:7, where alone it occurs, it means beating on the breast, as players beat on the tabret.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
an obsolete English word used in the Authorized Version of (Nahum 2:7) The Hebrew word connects itself with toph, “a timbrel.” The Authorized Version reproduces the original idea. The “tabour” or “tabor” was a musical instrument of the drum type which with the pipe formed the band of a country village. To “tabour,” accordingly, is to beat with loud strokes, as men beat upon such an instrument.
In the Bible
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Verses where Tabering is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Nahum 2:7
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
Scripture on Tabering
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Tabering references
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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