Gittith

Gittith - a stringed instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps. 8, 81, 84. In these places the Septuagint renders the word by "on the wine-fats." The Targum explains by "on the harp which David brought from Gath." It is the only stringed instrument named in the titles of the Psalms.

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