Bible Dictionary
Tabering
Tabering means beating or playing a small drum or tambourine. In Nahum 2:7 the word may describe beating the breast in distress rather than playing an instrument.
Definition
Tabering means beating or playing a small drum, tabret, or tabour. It is an obsolete English word associated with loud strokes on a drum-like instrument.
Biblical Usage
In Nahum 2:7, the word may represent beating the breast in distress, though it preserves the image of striking a timbrel.
Historical Background
The tabour or tabor was a drum-type instrument commonly used with a pipe by village musicians. The Hebrew term is connected with toph, meaning a timbrel.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Playing on a small drum or tabret. In Nahum 2:7, where alone it occurs, it means beating on the breast, as players beat on the tabret.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
an obsolete English word used in the Authorized Version of (Nahum 2:7) The Hebrew word connects itself with toph, “a timbrel.” The Authorized Version reproduces the original idea. The “tabour” or “tabor” was a musical instrument of the drum type which with the pipe formed the band of a country village. To “tabour,” accordingly, is to beat with loud strokes, as men beat upon such an instrument.