Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
timbrel .
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Examples
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Miriam and her cohorts are said to have brought timbrels with them when they were leaving Egypt.
Shelly R. Fredman: A Place Called Hope Shelly R. Fredman 2011
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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
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Some playing timbrels, singing verses of Torah in Aramaic doggerel:
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But many seem too busy to eat: they are singing, dancing, playing timbrels and flutes.
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Soon after this the noise of timbrels was heard, at the sound of which the whole Saracen cavaliers threw themselves from their horses, and prostrated themselves, as if for a second morning prayer.
The Talisman 2008
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She is well-pleased with the sound of rattles and of timbrels, with the voice of flutes and the outcry of wolves and bright-eyed lions, with echoing hills and wooded coombes.
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The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
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The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
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And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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