Lexical Summary dachavah: perhaps a musical instrument Original Word: דַּחֲוָהTransliteration: dachavah Phonetic Spelling: (dakh-av-aw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: perhaps a musical instrument Meaning: perhaps a musical instrument Strong's Concordance instrument of music (Aramaic) from the equivalent of dachah; probably a musical instrument (as being struck) -- instrument of music. see HEBREW dachah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1761. dachavah [דַּחֲוָה] noun feminine dubious; — plural absolute דַּחֲוָן Daniel 6:19, Vrss conject.; AV RV instrument of music (so AE, assuming meaning strike [strings] for דְּחָא [Biblical Hebrew דָּחָה] thrust; Saad RVm dancing-girls; Bertholet al. concubines (from sens. obsc. of Arabic , but then read probably לְחֵנָן (5:2-3, 23) Marti Prince Dr. |