Psalm 47 in the context of Oskar Gottlieb Blarr

⭐ Core Definition: Psalm 47

Psalm 47 is the 47th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O clap your hands". The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 46. In Latin, it is known as "Omnes gentes plaudite manibus". The psalm is a hymn psalm. It is one of twelve psalms attributed to the sons of Korah, and one of fifty-five psalms addressed to the "Chief Musician" or "Conductor".

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music, notably by Heinrich Schütz, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Rutter and Oskar Gottlieb Blarr.

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Psalm 47 in the context of Geonim

Geonim (Hebrew: גְאוֹנִים, lit. 'Excellencies', [ɡe(ʔ)oˈnim]; also transliterated as Gaonim; sing. Gaon, גָאוֹן, 'Excellency') were the chiefs of the Sura and Pumedita Academies, the two great Talmudic Academies in Babylonia during the Abbasid Caliphate. They were generally accepted as the spiritual leaders of the Jewish community worldwide in the Early Middle Ages, in contrast to the Resh Galuta (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא, lit. 'Head [of the] Exile') who wielded secular authority over the Jews in Islamic lands.

The title is derived from gei'on (גְאוֹן, 'pride' or 'majesty'), a Biblical Hebrew term found in Psalm 47:5, Nahum 2:3, Amos 6:8, and Amos 8:7, among other texts of the Hebrew Bible. In Modern Hebrew, the term (גאון) translates to "genius". The Geonim played a prominent and decisive role in the transmission and teaching of Torah and Halakha (Jewish law). They taught and studied Talmud and were decisors on halakhic matters regarding which no judgments had previously been rendered.

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