ΔΙΑΨΑΛΜΑΤΙ, διαψαλματι
DIAPSALMATI, diapsalmati
Sounds Like: dee-ap-SAL-mah-tee
Translations: to a musical interlude, to a pause, to a musical break
From the root: ΔΙΑΨΑΛΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a musical interlude or pause, often found in the Septuagint (the Greek Old Testament) in the Psalms. It indicates a break in the singing or recitation, possibly for instrumental music or silent meditation. It is a compound word formed from διά (dia, "through, apart") and ψάλμα (psalma, "psalm, song").
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1224 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 37:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΨΑΛΜΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΨΑΛΜΑ — interlude, musical interlude, pause, a musical interlude, a pause
- ΔΙΑΨΑΛΜΑΤΟΣ — of a musical interlude, of a pause, of a musical notation
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