Bible Dictionaries
Sheminith

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

In the titles of Psalm 6:1-10; 12:1-8 , and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 . It means properly the eighth, and seems to have been not an instrument, but a part in music, perhaps the lowest.

Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Sheminith'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​s/sheminith.html. 1859.