Psalms 150:5

the loud cytubals … the high sounding cymbals The clear sounding cymbals … the clanging cymbals. Two kinds of cymbals are obviously meant: the first, lit. cymbals of hearing, may have been a smaller kind, producing a sharp, clear sound, possibly castanets: the second may have been a larger kind, producing a clanging, booming sound. "The Arabs have two distinct varieties, large and small.… They use their large cymbals in religious ceremonies, but the smaller kind seem to be almost limited to the accompaniment of dancers." Stainer, p. 137. For cymbalsof hearing cp. 1 Chronicles 15:19, "with cymbals of bronze, to sound aloud," lit. to cause to hear; Psalms 16:5, "Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud," lit. causing to hear. With the Sept. of the second phrase, ἐν κυμβάλοις ἀλαλαγμοῦ, cp. κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον -a clanging cymbal" (1 Corinthians 13:1).