Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Jubal

[a trumpet ]. The son of Lamech and Adah. He is called the inventor of the lyre and flute (Gen. iv. 19-21).

Then when he [Javan ] heard the voice of Jubal's lyre,
Instinctive genius caught the ethereal fire.

Montgomery: The World Before the Flood, c. 1.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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