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drum (Ï„Ï…Ìμπανον, tuÌmpanon): This was the Hebrew toÌ„Ì„ph, “tabret†or “timbrel,†a hand-drum, consisting of a ring of wood or metal covered with a tightly drawn skin, with small pieces of metal hung around the rim, like a tambourine. It was raised in the one hand and struck with the other, usually by women, but sometimes also by men, at festivities and on occasions of rejoicing. See 1 Macc 9:39, the Revised Version (British and American) “timbrels.