psalm
A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of GodA sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
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» "Psalms are boring" said the girl.
„Psalmen sind uninteressant", sagte das Mädchen. — al_ex_an_der
"Псалмы скучные", — сказала девочка. — odexed
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9 sentences"Psalms are boring" said the girl.
ru"Псалмы скучные", — сказала девочка. — odexed
de„Psalmen sind uninteressant", sagte das Mädchen. — al_ex_an_der
Now read the psalm.
I think all psalms are found in the Old Testament.
Meaning
2 sensesA sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
Psalm
псало́мpsalóm
псало́мpsalóm
any sacred song used to praise the deity
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.
Psalm
псало́мpsalóm
Origin
From Middle English salm or psalme, from Old English psealm, later reinforced from Old FreFrom Middle English salm or psalme, from Old English psealm, later reinforced from Old French psalme (modern French psaume), both from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”) (from ψάλλω (psállō, “to make a sound by striking, touching, plucking, rubbing, twanging, or vibrating”)), but later in New Testament times the meaning of ψαλμός (psalmós) evolved from its Classical meaning of "a tune played to the harp" to a more general tune that could be played with any instrument; even a song sung with or without musical accompaniment. By the Byzantine Period, it lost all of its instrumental nuances.
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