Magrepha

Magrepha small, bellows-blown organ of the ancient Hebrews, used as a signal instr. by priests during the last period of the Temple. One of its functions was to convoke the priests. Talmudic tractates describe it as being an amma (about 50 cm., or 20 in.) high, and as wide, with 10 times 10 pipes, possibly a symbolic figure. The word magrepha means rake in Heb., and the instr. was probably named for its shape. See also: hirdolis, hydraulos (84, 170). Sort…