Miktam

Miktam or Michtam (Hebrew: מִכְתָּם) is a word of unknown meaning found in the headings of Psalms 16 and 56–60 in the Hebrew Bible.[1] These six Psalms, and many others, are associated with King David. They may have formed one of several smaller collections of psalms which preceded the present psalter and on which it was based.[2]

Miktam corresponds to the Babylonian nakamu, lid, a metal cover for a vessel, but efforts to derive a meaning for the term in the Psalms have not been convincing.[3]

In modern Hebrew, the word has come to mean "epigram", and numerous collections of Hebrew epigrams have used that word in their titles.

See also

References
  1. "Miktam - Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon - New American Standard". Bible Study Tools.
  2. Berry, G. R., The Titles of the Psalms, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Oct., 1914), pp. 198–200, accessed 20 February 2020
  3. S. Langdon, Babylonian and Hebrew Musical Terms, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, No. 2 (April 1921), pp. 169–191.
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