Thank you Pat and Claudia and A Word to the Chosen Ones for sharing
such a treasure.

It is an honor and a privilege to be counted among the chosen of God.

Thank You, Lord Jesus, for bridging the gap for us Gentiles on Calvary’s
cross. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever.
Amen!

“But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born
among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself;…..” Leviticus 19:34

“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with thy mind;
and thy neighbour as thyself” Luke 10:27

Praise be to your holy name, O Lord, our Spiritual Eternal ROCK of ages.

The House of Harrari are presently creating the Atara Nevel harps. The following link will take you to a page on their website where there is a discussion on the strings corresponding with the Hebrew Alphabet. I am uncertain on the octave range for these harps…but…I know that the Harraris are very good at responding to email and I am certain they would welcome such a request for information from you. The Harraris are unique in that the harps they create are made by Mr. Harrari, a Levite, and that they are faithful recreations of the harps used in the Second Temple period. Anyways…here is the link that will answer part of your query:

http://www.harrariharps.com/files/alefbet.php

Hope this helps…

The Gitis could be an instrument but may not be a stringed instrument since other Psalms have the designation for stringed instruments. The Gitis could be a tambourine, horn or drum. Or…not an instrument at all.

I assumed it was a musical instrument, but my translation just says “according to the Gittith” whereas other Psalms are translated “with stringed instruments.” So, you can’t necessarily infer that it is an instrument.

We do not know for sure what the Gitis was…but following are several explanations given by the Jewish Sages:

1. The Gitis is a special type of musical instrument which was meant to accompany particular songs or psalms. We do not know what the Gitis looked like…could have been a stringed instrument…a tambourine style instrument…drum…horn.

2. Meiri states that the name Gitis may refer to an instrument that was designed by the musical experts of Gat aka Gath.

3. Radak stated that David may have composed this particular Psalm while he was in Gat.

4. Ibn Ezra stated that this psalm may be called Gitis because David wrote this psalm and then gave it to the family of Ovid Edom the Giti, who was a Levite, to be performed.