Bible Dictionary
Jonathelemrechokim
Jonathelemrechokim is a phrase appearing once as the heading of Psalm 56. It likely identifies the psalm’s melody, rhythm, or musical direction.
Definition
Jonathelemrechokim is a phrase found only once in Scripture, as the heading of Psalm 56. Its meaning has been understood as “a dumb love of distant places,” but the supplied material indicates that it may instead describe the psalm’s modulation or rhythm.
Biblical Usage
The phrase appears in the superscription of Psalm 56.
Historical Background
Aben Ezra regarded the expression as a musical direction concerning the psalm’s modulation or rhythm.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(a dumb love of (in) distant places), a phrase found once only in the Bible, as a heading to the 56th psalm. Aben Ezra, who regards Jonath-elem-rechokim as merely indicating the modulation or the rhythm of the psalm, appears to come the nearest to the meaning of the passage.