How to Pronounce Gittith

GIT-tith

Gittith is pronounced GIT-tith (ˈgɪtɪθ): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: GIT-ith.

What is Gittith?

A stringed instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps. 8, 81, 84. In these places the LXX. render 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.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

GIT-ith

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