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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

jo'-nath e'-lem re-ho'-kim (yonath 'elem rechoqim) (Ps 56, title): "The silent dove of the far ones" (i.e. either of far-off lands, or among aliens), or "The dove of the distant terebinths," in either case indicating the tune to the melody of which the psalm was to be sung.

See PSALMS; SONG.