yavllw
yavllw , f. ya±lw` : aor. I e[yhla : pf. e[yalka : ( yavw ):— to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch, Aesch .; tovxou neura;n y . to twang the bow-string, Eur. ; bevlo" ejk kevrao" y . to send a shaft twanging from the bow, Anth. ; so, scoi`no" miltofurh;" yallomevnh a carpenters red line, which is twitched and then suddenly let go, so as to leave a mark, Ib.
II.
to play
a stringed instrument
with the fingers,
not with the plectron,
Hdt.
,
Ar.
,
Plat.
2.
later,
to sing to a harp, sing,
N.T.
yavlma
yavlma , tov , a tune for a stringed instrument, Anth.
yalmov"
yalmov" , oJ , a twitching or twanging with the fingers, of a bow, Eur.
II.
mostly of musical strings:
the sound of the harp,
Pind
.,
Aesch.
2.
later,
a song sung to the harp, a psalm,
N.T.
yalmocarhv"
yalmo-ca±rhv" , ev" , delighting in harp-playing, Anth.
yavltria
yavltria , hJ , ( yavllw ) a female harper, Plat ., etc.
yavmaqo"
yavma±qo" »ya±1/4, hJ , poët. form of yavmmo" , sand, sea-sand, Hom ., Soph. , etc. ; in pl. , nh`a ejpi; yamavqoi" on the sands, Hom.
2. proverb. of a countless multitude, o{sa yavmaqov" te kovni" te Il.; in pl. grains of sand, Ib.
yamaqwvdh"
ya±ma±q-wvdh" , e" , ( ei\do" ) = yammwvdh" , sandy, h. Hom.
yammakovsioi
yamma±kovsioi (not yammok- ) , ai, a , sand-hundred, a Comic word formed from yavmmo", eJkavton , after the analogy of the cardinal numbers diakovsioi, triakovsioi (from di;" eJkatovn, tri;" eJkatovn ), to denote a countless multitude, Eupol.:—so also the exaggerated form yamma±kosio-gavrga±roi , ai, a , in sand-hundred heaps, Ar.
yavmmh
yavmmh , Dor. yavmma, hJ , = yavmmo" , Hdt. , Aesch.
yavmmino"
yavmmiØno" , h, on , ( yavmmo" ) of sand, sandy, Hdt.
yavmmio"
yavmmio" , a, on , ( yavmmo" ) on the sand, Aesch.
yammivth"
yammivth" »i<Eth>1/4, ou, oJ , sand, sandy, Anth.