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Our psalm opens: \u201cFor the leader (<\/span>la-menatzei\u2019ach<\/span><\/em>), with instrumental music (<\/span>bi-neginot<\/span><\/em>), a psalm of David.\u201d This is the first appearance of the musical notation that we <\/span>noted in our Introduction<\/span><\/a>. Just what these terms mean, however, is moot.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Aramaic Targum Yonatan, representing\u2014perhaps\u2014the most venerable Jewish interpretive tradition, rendered the verse as: \u201cFor praise, with melodies, a hymn of David.\u201d Rashi\u2019s interpretation is: \u201cThis psalm was composed by David to be recited by the Levites who vigorously engaged in song on the [Temple] platform<\/span>. The verb N-Tz-Ch describes those who engage vigorously in activity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Two alternatives were offered by Ibn Ezra. The first, citing Se`adyah Gaon, relates it to the word <\/span>netzach<\/span><\/em>, interpreting it as: \u201cDavid delivered it to one of the musicians to play it repeatedly.\u201d The second, citing \u201cothers\u201d (and with which he concurs), interprets <\/span>menatzei\u2019ach<\/em> <\/span>as \u201cthe officer in charge of the musicians.\u201d (In modern Hebrew, it designates the conductor of an orchestra.) Moreover, said Ibn Ezra, there was no need to name him because \u201che was well-known.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the instrumentation, Ibn Ezra had the following to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

[The plural] <\/span>neginot<\/span><\/em> signifies that it had two melodies. Others say there was a musical instrument called <\/span>neginot<\/span><\/em>. In my opinion, there were, among Israelites, many tunes and melodies. <\/span>Neginot<\/span><\/em>, at the outset of a psalm, indicates its melody; likewise, <\/span>ma`alot<\/span><\/em> (Ps. 120, 121), `<\/em><\/span>almot<\/span><\/em> (46), \u2018<\/em><\/span>ayelet ha-shachar<\/span><\/em> (22), <\/span>yonat \u2018elem<\/span><\/em> (56) and <\/span>machalat<\/span><\/em> (53, 88).<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibn Ezra\u2019s list of instruments and other musical directions is only partial; a more thorough listing is included in the commentary of Radak. Malbim added yet another dimension to our understanding of psalms as performance-based by noting that our psalm consists of three parts, with the word <\/span>selah<\/span><\/em> indicating the end of a \u201cstanza\u201d after verses 3 and 5.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":80070,"id":80070,"title":"ps4-david harp","filename":"ps4-david-harp.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ps4-david-harp.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/libretto-by-david\/ps4-david-harp\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"ps4-david-harp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":80069,"date":"2020-09-17 11:37:25","modified":"2020-09-17 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