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(Heb. miktam', îַëְúָּí , prob. for îַëְúָּá written; Sept. óôçëïãñáößá , Vulg. tituli inscriptio), a term found in the titles of several psalms (16, 56, 57, 58, 60), and signifying a writing, i.e., a poem or song (see Gesenius, Thesaur. p. 724), like îַëְúָּá (miktab', “writing,” in Isa_38:9). Others (as Luther, after Aben-Ezra, Kimchi, and others) unaptly translate it golden, i.e., precious, distinguished, as if from ëֶּúֶí gold. Still others (as Hezel, Ewald) refer to an Arabic root meaning to conceal, as if written from retirement, or in a plaintive strain; and some (after the rabbins) make it a compound of îָêְ åְúָí , i.q. humble and perfect, referring to David. SEE PSALMS.