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Shem'inith. (eighth). A musical term found in the title of Psalms 6:1. A similar direction is found in the title of Psalms 12:1. Compare 1 Chronicles 15:21. It seems most probable that Sheminith denotes a certain air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung.