Tehillim 150:4

4 Hallelu Him with the tambourine and dance; hallelu Him with stringed instruments and flute.

Tehillim 150:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 150:4

Praise him with the timbrel and dance
Or "pipe" ^F21; (See Gill on Psalms 149:3);

praise him with stringed instruments;
or divers "kinds" ^F23 of instruments not named, as R. Saadiah Gaon; and which, as Aben Ezra says, had all one sound or note; what they were is not known, as also many of them that are particularly mentioned;

and organs;
which have their name from the loveliness of their sound; these are of ancient original and use, ( Genesis 4:21 ) ( Job 21:12 ) ( 30:31 ) ; but were not of the same kind with those now in use, which are of much later invention.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (lwxmw) "et tibia", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus.
F23 (Mynmb) "varia symphonia", Cocceius.

Tehillim 150:4 In-Context

2 Hallelu Him for His gevurot (mighty acts); hallelu Him according to His surpassing greatness.

3 Hallelu Him with the sound of the shofar; hallelu Him with the nevel (harp) and kinnor (lyre).

4 Hallelu Him with the tambourine and dance; hallelu Him with stringed instruments and flute.

5 Hallelu Him upon the clashing cymbals; hallelu Him upon the resounding cymbals.

6 Let every thing that hath neshamah praise Hashem. Praise Hashem!