The nevel, nebel (Hebrew: נֵבֶל nēḇel), was a stringed instrument used by the Phoenicians and the Israelites.

Most scholars believe the nevel was a frame harp, a plucked instrument with strings rising up from its sound box.

He cites Sopater of Paphos who writes:[1] Nor is the noise of the Sidonian nablas , Which from the throat doth flow, at all impaired.

Atheneus reports that Mystacus described the nablas as an instrument of harmony, having a lotus fixed to its long sides.

The instrument produces lively music that is not soft or sweet but rather merry, similar to singing in a Bacchic style:[1] Among the instruments of harmony The nablas comes, not over soft or sweet; By its long sides a lifeless lotus fixed Sends forth a breathed music; and excites men, Singing in Bacchic strain a merry song.