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Psalms

[ sahmz ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. a book of the Bible, composed of 150 songs, hymns, and prayers. : Ps.


Psalms

/ sɑːmz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the collection of 150 psalms in the Old Testament Full titleThe Book of Psalms
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Psalms1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English psam, spalm, psalm, partly from Old English psealm, psalm, partly from Old French psaume, from Late Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmós “twitching of the fingers; sound of the harp or cithara,” from psállein “to twitch, pull, pluck,” translation of Hebrew mizmōr “song, psalm”
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Example Sentences

As for the Psalms, the Bible never says that David wrote them.

Actually, it would be about a millennium after David lived that anyone proposed that he was the author of the Psalms.

The Psalms remain the language of joy and sorrow for people everywhere.

The girl pressed up against my elbow is fervently reading Tehilim (Psalms) by the light of her phone.

The Hebrew word for “waterspout,” as used in the book of Psalms, could also be translated as “waterfall.”

As the sheets were passing through the press, it was suggested to him that the Psalms would be a valuable addition to the work.

Condemned to be strangled, he heard the sentence without a murmur, and went to his death singing the penitential psalms.

He felt just as if he were in his own parish church, in which he had been christened, and where he sang psalms with his father.

And they sang fifteen psalms as they ascended, beginning with "A song of Degrees," and the large choir joined voices with them.

He was learned in music and poetry, having composed some of the most beautiful of the Psalms, such as the second.

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