psalm

== English == === Etymology === From 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɑːm/ (US) IPA(key): /sɑm/, /sɑlm/, /sɔm/, /sɔlm/, (obsolete) /sæm/ Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːlm === Noun === psalm (plural psalms) (religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== psalter ==== Translations ==== === Verb === psalm (third-person singular simple present psalms, present participle psalming, simple past and past participle psalmed) To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing to psalm his praises. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Lamps, Palms, lamps, palms, plasm == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === psalm m (plural psalmen, diminutive psalmpje n) (music) psalm ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: psalm, posallem → Indonesian: psalm == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch psalm, 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”) === Noun === psalm (plural psalm-psalm) (Christianity) psalm Synonym: mazmur === Further reading === “psalm”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Noun === psalm alternative form of salm == Old English == === Noun === psalm m alternative form of psealm == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin psalmus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpsalm/ Rhymes: -alm Syllabification: psalm === Noun === psalm m inan (related adjective psalmowy) (music, religion) psalm (a sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God) (biblical) psalm (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) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “psalm”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “psalm”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic псалъмъ (psalŭmŭ), from Byzantine Greek ψαλμός (psalmós). === Noun === psalm m (plural psalmi) psalm ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish salmber, psalmber, from Old Norse salmr, psalmr, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emenating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”). === Noun === psalm c a hymn, a church song a psalm of David, one of the chapters of the book of Psalms ==== Usage notes ==== Denominations in Sweden outside of the Church of Sweden (e.g. baptists) have traditionally not used the word psalm, but rather visa, sång (song). Recent integrated hymnbooks are titled Psalmer och visor (1976) and Psalmer och Sånger (1987) to indicated that they cover both the Church of Sweden and other denominations. ==== Declension ==== === References === “psalm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === Palms, palms