History of music in the biblical period ancient form. (see photo) The flute was commonly used for festal and mourning occasions, according to Whitcomb. "Even the poorest Hebrew was obliged to employ two flute-players to perform at his wife's funeral." The shofar (the horn of a ram) is still used for special liturgical purposes such as the Jewish New Year services in Jewish communities. As such, it is not considered a musical instrument but an instrument of theological symbolism which has been intentionally kept to its primitive character. In ancient times it was used for warning of danger, to announce the new moon or beginning of Sabbath,
Nevel (instrument) English as psaltery or viol, and the Book of Common Prayer renders it lute.. The word "nevel" has been adopted for “harp” in modern Hebrew. Nevel (instrument) The nevel or nebel ( "nêḇel") was a stringed instrument used by the ancient Hebrew people. The Greeks translated the name as "nabla" (νάβλα, “Phoenician harp”). A number of possibilities have been proposed for what kind of instrument the "nevel" was; these include the psaltery, and the kithara, both of which are strummed instruments like the kinnor, with strings running across the sound box, like the modern guitar and zither. Most scholars believe