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Definition: Harp |
HarpNoun1. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers. 2. A pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade. 3. A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole. Verb1. Come back to; "Don't dwell on the past". 2. Play the harp. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "harp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Bible | Harp (Heb. kinnor), the national instrument of the Hebrews. It was invented by Jubal (Gen. 4:21). Some think the word _kinnor_ denotes the whole class of stringed instruments. It was used as an accompaniment to songs of cheerfulness as well as of praise to God (Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 16:23; 2 Chr. 20:28; Ps. 33:2; 137:2). In Solomon's time harps were made of almug-trees (1 Kings 10:11, 12). In 1 Chr. 15:21 mention is made of "harps on the Sheminith;" Revised Version, "harps set to the Sheminith;" better perhaps "harps of eight strings." The soothing effect of the music of the harp is referred to 1 Sam. 16:16, 23; 18:10; 19:9. The church in heaven is represented as celebrating the triumphs of the Redeemer "harping with their harps" (Rev. 14:2). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To hear the sad sweet strains of a harp, denotes the sad ending to what seems a pleasing and profitable enterprise. To see a broken harp, betokens illness, or broken troth between lovers. To play a harp yourself, signifies that your nature is too trusting, and you should be more careful in placing your confidence as well as love matters. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Fine Arts | Stringed instrument plucked with the fingers. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Harp The arms of Ireland. According to tradition, one of the early kings of Ireland was named David, and this king took for arms the harp of Israel's sweet Psalmist. Probably the harp is altogether a blunder, arising from the triangle invented in the reign of John to distinguish his Irish coins from the English. The reason why a triangle was chosen may have been in allusion to St. Patrick's explanation of the Trinity, or more likely to signify that he was king of England, Ireland, and France. Henry VIII. was the first to assume the harp positive as the Irish device, and James I. to place it in the third quarter of the royal achievement of Great Britain. To harp for ever on the same string. To be for ever teasing one about the same subject. There is a Latin proverb, Eandem cantilenam recinere. I once heard a man with a clarionet play the first half of "In my cottage near a wood" for more than an hour, without cessation or change. It was in a crowded market-place, and the annoyance became at last so unbearable that he collected a rich harvest to move on. "Still harping on my daughter." - Shakespeare: Hamlet, ii. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A swivel plate arranged on a toolhead. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | HARP. To harp upon; to dwell upon a subject. Have among you, my blind harpers; an expression used in throwing or shooting at random among the crowd. Harp is also the Irish expression for woman, or tail, used in tossing up in Ireland: from Hibernia, being. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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The harp is one of the oldest musical instruments, found in various forms all over the world. It is a chordophone (string instrument).
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Origins of the Harp
It may have been invented when people found that the sound of a plucked bow string sounded nice, and added extra strings to the bow. The oldest documented reference to the harp is as long ago as 3000 BCE, in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The harp is mentioned in the Bible, ancient epics, even in Egyptian wall paintings. Today, there are two main types of modern harps: folk and concert. Different kinds of folk harps are found all over the world.
The European harp first appeared in Ireland and is the national symbol, appearing on all its coins from the Middle Ages to the new Euro coins, 2002, and on all official Government of Ireland seals and stationery.
Harps are triangular and have nylon, gut, wire, and/or copper wound nylon strings. Most harps have a single row of strings with seven notes per octave. Harpists can tell which notes they are playing because all F strings are black or blue and all C strings are red or orange. The instrument rests between the knees of the harpist and along their right shoulder. One exception is the Welsh Triple Harp which is traditionally placed on the left shoulder. The first four fingers on each hand are used to pluck the strings: the pinky fingers are too short and cannot reach the correct position without distorting the position of the other fingers. Plucking with various degrees of forcefulness creates dynamics. Depending on finger position, different sounds can be produced: a "fleshy" pluck (near the middle of the first finger joint) will make a warm tone, and a pluck near the end of the finger will make a loud, bright sound.
Harp technique
There are two main methods of harp technique: the French (or Grandjany) method and the Salzedo method. Neither method has a definite majority among harpists, but the issue of which is better is a source of friction and debate. The distinguishing features of the Salzedo method are the encouragement of expressive gestures, elbows remain parallel to the ground, wrists are comparatively stiff, and neither arm ever touches the soundboard. The French method advocates lowered elbows, fluid wrists, and the right arm resting lightly on the soundboard. In both methods, the shoulders, neck, and back are relaxed. Some harpists combine the two methods into their own version that works best for them.
In addition to those techniques, which are suitable for modern pedal harps with their very high string tension, in recent years some harpists have been developing another technique - the so called: "thumb under" technique - which is more suitable for lower string tensions, as they are found on most historical harps. This technique takes baroque performance practices as its starting point. In the absence of much evidence on historical harp techniques, harpists have taken their lead from lute and early keyboard techniques.
As in all baroque instrumental techniques, the underlying principle is that of strong and weak articulation. The player only uses three fingers of each hand, and - as the name implies - the thumb moves under the other fingers, rather than being held very high, as in modern harp technique. The thumb and third fingers are "strong" fingers and the second finger is a "weak" finger. Scales are fingered alternating strong and weak fingers - that is, a scale fingering could be either 1 2 1 2 1 2 or 3 2 3 2 3 2. This technique produces a mellow, well articulated sound on harps with low string tension. It also avoids large movements of the wrists and arms, since on low-tension harps, much less force is required than on modern high tension ones.
The pedal harp
The pedal harp has six and a half octaves (47 strings), weighs about 80 pounds, and is approximately 6 feet high and 4 feet wide at the widest. The notes range from three octaves below middle C to three and a half octaves above (landing on G). The pressure of the strings on the sound board is roughly equal to a ton. The lowest strings are made of copper wound nylon, the middle strings of gut, and the highest of nylon. The pedal harp uses pedals to change the pitcheses of the strings. There are seven pedals, one for each note. When a pedal is moved, it rotates a wheel at the top of the harp. This wheel is studded with two pegs which pinch the string then they turn, shortening the vibrating length of the string. The pedal has three positions. In the top position no pegs are in contact with the string and all notes are flat. In the middle position the top wheel pinches the string resulting in a natural. In the bottom position another wheel is turned shortening the string to create a sharp. This mechanism is called the double-action pedal system, invented by Sébastien Erard in 1810.
Folk harps/lever harps
The folk harp ranges in size from two octaves to about six octaves, and uses levers to change the pitches. The most common form is 33 strings: two octaves below middle C and two and a half above (landing on G). The strings are made of nylon or gut, except for a few special kinds strung with wire and played with the fingernails. At the top of each string is a lever; when it is raised, it shortens the string so its pitch is raised a half-step, resulting in a sharp if the string was in natural.
Multi-course harps
A multi-course harp is a harp with more than one row of strings. A harp with only one row of strings is called a single-course harp.
A double harp consists of two rows of diatonic strings one on either side of the neck. These strings may run parallel to each other or may converge so the bottom ends of the strings are very close together. Either way, the strings that are next to each other are tuned to the same note. Double harps often have levers either on every string or on the strings that are most commonly sharped. (for example C and F) Having two sets of strings allows the harpist left and right hands to occupy the same range of notes without having both hands attempt to play the same string at the same time. It also allows for special effects such as repeating a note very quickly with out stopping the sound from the previous note.
A triple harp features three rows of parallel strings, two outer rows of diatonic strings (natural notes), and a center row of chromatic strings (sharps). To play a sharp, the harpist reaches in between the strings in either outer row and plucks the center row string. Like the double harp, the two outer rows of strings are tuned the same, but the triple harp has no levers. This harp originated in Italy in the sixteenth century as a low headed instrument, and towards the end of 1600s it arrived in Wales where it developed a high head and larger size. It established itself as part of Welsh tradition and became known as the Welsh Harp. The traditional design has all of the strings strung from the left side of the neck, but modern neck designs have the two outer rows of strings strung from opposite sides of the neck to greatly reduce the tendency for the neck to roll over to the left.
The cross harp consists of one row of diatonically tuned strings and another row of chromatic notes. These strings cross approximately in the middle of the string without touching. Traditionally the diatonic row runs from the right (as seen by someone sitting at the harp) side of the neck to the left side of the sound board. The chromatic row runs from the left of the neck to the right of the sound board. The diatonic row has the normal string coloration for a harp, but the chromatic row may be black. The chromatic row is not a full set of strings. It is missing the strings between the Es and Fs in the diatonic row and between the Bs and Cs in the diatonic row. In this respect it is much like a piano. The diatonic row corresponds to the white keys and the chromatic row to the black keys. Playing each string in sucession results in a complete chromatic scale.
Miscellaneous
In South America, there are Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, and Paraguayan harps. They are similar to Spanish harps: wide on the bottom and narrow at the top, with perfect balance when being played but unable to stand independently for lack of a base. The Paraguayan harp is the most popular, and is Paraguay's national instrument. It has about 36 strings with narrower spacing and lighter tension than other harps, and so has a slightly (four to five notes) lower pitch. It does not necessarily have the same string coloration as the other harps. For example, some Paraguayan harps may have red B's and blue E's instead of red C's and blue F's. This harp is also played mostly with the fingernails.
Almost every other culture has a form of the harp. In Asia, the koto is a kind of lyre, a close relative of the harp. Africa has the kora.
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Ireland also has triple-strung harps, with three parallel rows of strings. In these harps, the left hand plays the left row of strings, the right hand the right row, and the middle row is simply there to reverberate. Spain has the chromatic harp, with two rows of strings crossed (but not touching) near the bottom of each pair of strings.Ancient Rome and Greece played lyres, similar to harps but not triangular. The Aeolian harp is played by wind blowing through the strings.
The harp is used sparingly in most classical music, usually for special effects such as the glissando, arpeggios, and bisbigliando. Italian and German opera uses harp for romantic arias and dances, an example of which is Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème. French composers such as Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel composed harp concertos and chamber music widely played today. Henriette Renie and Marcel Grandjany have composed many lesser-known solo pieces and chamber music. Modern composers utilize the harp frequently because the pedals on a concert harp allow many sorts of non-diatonic scales and strange accidentals to be played (although some modern pieces call for impractical pedal manipulations).
Lyon and Healy, Camac, and other manufacturers also make electric harps. The electric harp is a concert harp, with microphone pickups at the base of each string and an amplifier. The electric harp is significantly heavier than an acoustic harp, but looks the same.
Harps are a part of the mythologies of many cultures. In Irish mythology, a magical harp is possessed by The Dagda. In the Bible King David is a harpist, and angels sometimes play harps.
The Harp as a symbol of Ireland
The harp has been used as a political symbol of Ireland for centuries. It was used to symbolise Ireland in the Royal Standard of King James VI/I of Scotland, England and Ireland in 1603 and had continued to feature on all English, British and United Kingdom Royal Standards ever since, though the style of harp used differed on some Royal Standards. It was also used Commonweath Jack of Oliver Cromwell, issued in 1649 and on the Protectorate Jack issued in 1658 as well as on the Lord Protector's Standard issued on the succession of Richard Cromwell in 1658.
The Coat of Arms of the Republic of IrelandIndependent Ireland continued to use the harp as its state symbol, it featuring both on the coat of arms and on the Presidential Standard. Ireland's most famous drink, Guinness, also uses a harp, but in reverse, as its corporate logo. A lager called Harp is also produced.
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Harp is also a slang term for diatonic harmonica.
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HARP (or '''High school Association for the Research of Principles), the junior partner of CARP, is an organization for high school students associated with the Unification Church.Like CARP, its acronym was picked in part because of how it sounds in English: i.e., the connotation of the beautiful harmony made with a harp.
See also: HAARP (no relation]]
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HARP | English | High-Grain Avalanche Rushing Amorphous Photoconductor | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: HarpSynonyms: harmonica (n), mouth harp (n), mouth organ (n), dwell (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Continuance in action | Sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve; a; harp upon; (repeat). |
Diffuseness | Maunder, prose; harp upon; (repeat); dwell on, insist upon. |
Repetition | Verb: repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble. |
Rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to, recapitulate, reword. | |
Weariness | Harp on the same string; drag its slow length along, drag its weary length along. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Harp |
| English words defined with "harp": aeolian harp, aeolian lyre ♦ Cithara ♦ Decachordon ♦ fur seal ♦ genus Pagophilus ♦ Harpa, Harped, harper, Harping, harpist ♦ lyre, Lyrism, Lyrist ♦ Pagophilus, Planxty ♦ Trichord ♦ wind harp. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "harp": Codlin's your Friend, not Short ♦ Goose and Gridiron ♦ HARP MAKER, HARP-ACTION ASSEMBLER, Heads or Tails ♦ JEW'S HARP ♦ MUSIC, Musicians ♦ Querno ♦ renown ♦ Symbols of Saints. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "harp": Jew's-harp. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Harp" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (harp), Turkish (harp, sackbut, war, warfare), Turkmen (alphabet letter). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You got to admit I played this stinking city like a harp from hell (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) It's a harp. (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal) Yeah, that's a harp. And that's a dress (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal) Couldn't you just play your harp and I'll throw things at you (VeggieTales: Dave and the Giant Pickle; writing credit: Frank Daniel; Alain Robbe-Grillet) Playing his golden harp. (Goldfinger; writing credit: Richard Maibaum) | |
Lyrics | Willy picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp. (DOWN ON THE CORNER; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sessiz harp (1961) The Iron Harp (1959) A Harp in Hock (1927) The Harp King (1920) Harp of Tara (1914) | |
Song Titles | Song of the Nairobi Trio (Solfeggio) (performing artist: His Harp and Orchestra Robert Maxwell) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Plate 16. The Harp Seal. Phoca groenlandica, Fabricius. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Rhazes of Bagdad Used Harp Strings for Sutures. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | The harp throbbed full and golden. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Four Quechua Indians (l to r) Maria Palimino; her sister Raymunda; Juan Quispe, harp player; and Justino Roca, flute player at Empire State Building] / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Walter Albertin.. |
 | Oz[o]ne / Harp. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Girls practicing on the harp. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Harp" by Patrick Nijhuis Commentary: "Harp is strong." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A harp demonstrating strumming and harmonics techniques in a solo style. | | Digital harp arpeggios and flute melody with environmental texture. |
| Synthesized harp and flutes playing in a South American musical style. | | Arpeggiated harp with strings. |
| A film score style opening featuring a harp. | | String plucked on a jaw harp. |
| String plucked on a jaw harp. | | A spring coil being sprung; bouncing; jaw harp making a high-pitched boing sound. |
| Digital harp chord. | | A note plucked on a harp in the mid range. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Francis Bacon | The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Although very old, she still played on the harp, and that very well |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Harp on it still shall I till heartstrings break |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In the music of the harp which trembles round the world it is the insisting on this which thrills us. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand. I touched the harp in every key, But found no heeding ear; And then Ithuriel touched me With a revealing spear. Not all my genius, great as 'tis, Could urge me out of night. I felt the faint appulse of his, And leapt into the light! W.J. Candleton |
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| "Harp" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.16% of the time. "Harp" is used about 272 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.16% | 267 | 18,030 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.74% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.74% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.37% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 272 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "harp" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Harp | Last name | 5,000 | 2,344 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "harp". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mahalah | N/A | Biblical | A harp |
| Mahali | N/A | Biblical | A harp |
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Expressions using "harp": AEolian harp ♦ Eolian harp ♦ harp on ♦ harp on one string ♦ harp on the same string ♦ harp player ♦ harp seal ♦ Harp shell ♦ harp upon ♦ jews harp ♦ jew's harp ♦ Jews' harp ♦ mouth harp ♦ play the harp ♦ To harp on one string ♦ wind harp. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "harp": harp-antenna, harp-harmonics, harp-like, harp-playing, harp-shaped, harp-strings. | |
Ending with "harp": double-harp, Jew's-harp, wind-harp. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
harp | 841 | harp music wedding | 17 |
harp seal | 212 | sacred harp | 16 |
blues harp | 127 | boston harp | 15 |
harp music | 89 | harp haven | 15 |
jew harp | 60 | harp project | 15 |
celtic harp | 45 | pedal harp | 15 |
play harp | 35 | harp jessica | 14 |
harp lesson | 33 | harp magazine | 14 |
harp instrument | 27 | harp therapy | 14 |
irish harp | 26 | harp guitar | 13 |
harp sale | 26 | paraguayan harp | 13 |
harp picture | 25 | door harp | 12 |
glass harp | 24 | harp seal picture | 12 |
harp lager | 24 | harp string | 12 |
ancient harp | 23 | depot harp | 12 |
harp history | 21 | harp tab | 12 |
beer harp | 21 | harp juice | 12 |
lap harp | 19 | center harp sylvia wood | 12 |
jaw harp | 18 | mouth harp | 11 |
folk harp | 17 | auto harp | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "harp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | harpë, lloj foke, bie harpës. (various references) | |
Arabic | قيثار, عزف قيثارا, ضرب على وتر واحد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свиря на арфа, арфа. (various references) | |
Chamorro | atpa. (various references) | |
Chinese | 豎琴 , 竖琴. (various references) | |
Cornish | telyn. (various references) | |
Czech | harfa. (various references) | |
Danish | harpe (riddle, screen), svingslæde, drejeslæde. (various references) | |
Dutch | harp (clevis, shackle). (various references) | |
Esperanto | harpo. (various references) | |
Farsi | چنگ(الت موسیقی), چنگ زدن (Claw, Clutch, Grab, Grasp), غربال (Jigger, Scalp, Screen, Sieve), ترغیب کردن (Persuade, Put), سرند, الک (Scalp, Sieve, Sift), بصدادراوردن (Pluck, Sound). (various references) | |
Finnish | harppu, lyyra (lyre), kampi (crank). (various references) | |
French | harpe. (various references) | |
Frisian | harpe. (various references) | |
German | harfe. (various references) | |
Greek | άρπα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפרוט על נבל. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hárfa. (various references) | |
Italian | arpa. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 竪琴 , ハーバード大学 (50% beam splitter, half, half coat, half made, half mirror, half size camera, half swing, half tone, half volley, halfback, halftime, halfway house, harem, harem pants, harmonica, harmonize, harmony, harpoon, harpsichord, harpy, Harvard University, herb, herb tea, hierarchy, high, high octane gasoline, high quality, high-class, high-end, high-grade, highjack, high-key, high-key tone, high-octane, high-sulfur, highway, highway patrol, hijack, hike, hiker, hiking, hurler derby, hyena, jai-alai, mouth organ, someone of mixed Japanese-foreign race, stylish fellow, three-quarter, top coat, westernized). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たてごと, ハープ . (various references) | |
Manx | cruitch (hump), cloie er cruitch, cloie er claasagh, claasagh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | harpe. (various references) | |
Papago | ahlpa. (various references) | |
Papiamen | harpa, arpa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arphay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | harpa. (various references) | |
Romanian | harpã, cânta la harpã. (various references) | |
Russian | арфа. (various references) | |
Scottish | clàrsach (a harp). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | harfa, svirati harfu, žena (female, lady, skirt, wife, woman). (various references) | |
Spanish | arpa (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, ARPANET). (various references) | |
Swedish | harpa (old hag, sift, sifting machine). (various references) | |
Turkish | harp çalmak, harp (sackbut, war, warfare), durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, pull up, remain, rest, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop), arp, ısrarla belirtmek. (various references) | |
Turkmen | gopuz (mouth harp). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | грати на арфі, арфа. (various references) | |
Welsh | telyn. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | tigi. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | harpa. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | gleobeam, hearpe. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | harpechorde. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 4, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai onoma tw adelfw autou ioubal outoV hn o katadeixaV yalthrion kai kiqaran |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et nomen fratris eius Iubal ipse fuit pater canentium cithara et organo |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | His broþor hatte Iubal, þe wæs fæder hearpera ond þæra þe organan macodan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the name of his brother Tubal, he was the fadre of syngerys in harp and orgon. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And hys brothers name was Iubal: of hym came all that excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organs |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 4, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang ngalan sa iyang igsoon mao si Jubal, siya mao ang amahan sa tanan nga mga nagatogtog sa alpa ug sa flauta. |
| Croatian | Bratu mu bijaše ime Jubal. On je praotac svih koji sviraju na liru i sviralu. |
| Danish | hans Broder hed Jubal; han blev Stamfader til alle dem, der spiller på Harpe og Fløjte. |
| Dutch | En de naam zijns broeders was Jubal; deze was de vader van allen, die harpen en orgelen handelen. |
| Finnish | Ja hänen veljensä nimi oli Juubal; hänestä tuli kaikkien niiden kantaisä, jotka kannelta ja huilua soittavat. |
| French | Le nom de son frère était Jubal: il fut le père de tous ceux qui jouent de la harpe et du chalumeau. |
| German | Und sein Bruder hieß Jubal; von dem sind hergekommen die Geiger und Pfeifer. |
| Haitian Creole | Frè menm manman ak li a te rele Joubal. Se li menm ki zansèt tout moun sa yo k'ap jwe gita ak fif. |
| Hungarian | Az õ atyjafiának pedig Jubál vala neve: ez volt atyja minden lantosnak és síposnak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Adiknya bernama Yubal, dan keturunan Yubal adalah pemain musik kecapi dan seruling. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka nama adiknya itu Yubal; yaitu bapa segala orang yang bermain kecapi dan muri. |
| Italian | Il fratello di questi si chiamava Iubal: egli fu il padre di tutti i suonatori di cetra e di flauto. |
| Maori | A ko te ingoa o tona teina ko Iupara: ko ia te matua o nga mea rahurahu ki te hapa, ki te okana. |
| Norwegian | Og hans bror hette Jubal; han blev stamfar til alle dem som spiller på harpe og fløite. |
| Portuguese | O nome do seu irmão era Jubal; este foi o pai de todos os que tocam harpa e flauta. |
| Rumanian | Numele fratelui squ era Iubal: el a fost tatql tuturor celor ce ckntq cu alquta wi cu cavalul. |
| Swedish | Och hans broder hette Jubal; han blev stamfader för alla dem som hantera harpa och pipa. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "harp": harped, harper, harpers, harpies, harpin, harping, harpings, harpins, harpist, harpists, harpoon, harpooned, harpooner, harpooners, harpooning, harpoons, harps, harpsichord, harpsichordist, harpsichordists, harpsichords, harpy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "harp": cardsharp, sharp, supersharp, ultrasharp, unsharp, vibraharp. (additional references) | |
Words containing "harp": cardsharper, cardsharpers, cardsharps, charpai, charpais, charpoy, charpoys, sharped, sharpen, sharpened, sharpener, sharpeners, sharpening, sharpens, sharper, sharpers, sharpest, sharpie, sharpies, sharping, sharply, sharpness, sharpnesses, sharps, sharpshooter, sharpshooters, sharpshooting, sharpshootings, sharpy, vibraharpist, vibraharpists, vibraharps. (additional references) | |
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"Harp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aarp, ahr, earp, haep, Hafr, halp, hamp, happ, har, hara, Harb, harc, harf, harg, Harn, haro, Harpe, harpi, harpo, harpt, harr, haru, harv, harx, harz, haup, hermp, herop, herp, hra, hrp, hvar, karp, tharp, yarp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "harp" (pronounced hÄ"rp) |
| 3 | -Ä" r p | carp, scarp, sharp, tarp. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-p-r" | |
-1 letter: hap, pah, par, rah, rap. | |
-2 letters: ah, ar, ha, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-p-r" | |
+1 letter: graph, harps, harpy, parch, prahu, ralph, raphe, sharp. | |
+2 letters: barhop, carhop, coprah, eparch, graphs, hamper, harped, harper, harpin, orphan, paraph, pardah, pariah, parish, pharos, phrase, phylar, prahus, preach, prutah, purdah, ralphs, raphae, raphes, raphia, raphis, rhaphe, rupiah, scarph, seraph, shaper, sharps, sharpy, sherpa, tephra, teraph, threap. | |
+3 letters: agrapha, airship, alphorn, amphora, anaphor, atrophy, barhops, camphor, carhops, champer, chapter, charpai, charpoy, cheaper, coprahs, digraph, eparchs, eparchy, ephedra, ephoral, graphed, graphic, haircap, hairpin, hampers, hanaper, happier, hardpan, hardtop, harelip, harpers, harpies, harping, harpins, harpist, harpoon, harumph, heparin, morphia, orphans, panther, paraphs, parched, parches, pardahs, pariahs, patcher, peacher, perhaps, pharaoh, pharynx, philtra, phorate, phrasal, phrased, phrases, phratry, piranha, plasher, poacher, pochard, preachy, preheat, prewash, purdahs, ralphed, raphias, raphide, raspish, repatch, reshape, rhaphae, rhaphes, rupiahs, scarphs, seraphs, shapers, sharped, sharpen, sharper, sharpie, sharply, sherpas, shophar, spheral, tephras, therapy, threaps, unsharp, uphoard, upreach, warpath, warship, whapper, whipray. | |
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