a title, or inscription, at the head of several psalms of David
and others, in the book of Psalms. Thus Psalm xxxii is inscribed, A
Psalm of David, Maschil;” and Psalm xlii, To the chief musician,
Maschil, for the sons of Korah.” The word _Maschil_, in the Hebrew,
signifies, he that instructs;” though some interpreters take it for the
name of a musical instrument. Some of the rabbins believe that, in
repeating the psalms which have this inscription, it was usual to add an
interpretation or explication to them. Others, on the contrary, think it
shows the clearness and perspicuity of such psalms, and that they needed
no particular explication. The most probable opinion is, that Maschil
means an instructive song.
and others, in the book of Psalms. Thus Psalm xxxii is inscribed, A
Psalm of David, Maschil;” and Psalm xlii, To the chief musician,
Maschil, for the sons of Korah.” The word _Maschil_, in the Hebrew,
signifies, he that instructs;” though some interpreters take it for the
name of a musical instrument. Some of the rabbins believe that, in
repeating the psalms which have this inscription, it was usual to add an
interpretation or explication to them. Others, on the contrary, think it
shows the clearness and perspicuity of such psalms, and that they needed
no particular explication. The most probable opinion is, that Maschil
means an instructive song.