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Shoshannim
        (lilies). "To the chief musician upon Shoshannim" is a musical direction to the leader of the temple choir which occurs in Ps 45:1, 69:1 and most probably indicates the melody "after" or "in the manner of" (Authorized Version upon") which the psalms were to be sung. Shoshannim-eduth occurs in the same way in the title of Ps 80:1 ... As the words now stand they signify "lilies, a testimony," and the two are separated by a large distinctive accent. In themselves they have no meaning in the present text, and must therefore be regarded as probably a fragment of the beginning of an older psalm with which the choir were familiar.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'shoshannim' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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