Shoshannim

Shoshannim (Hebrew ששנים, 'lilies') is mentioned in Psalm 45 and Psalm 69. Its meaning in these Psalms is uncertain. Some believe it to be a kind of lily-shaped straight trumpet,{{cite web|url=http://www.sacrednamebible.com/kjvstrongs/STRHEB77.htm|title=Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary - Bible Software by johnhurt.com|website=www.sacrednamebible.com}} a six-stringed instrument,{{cite web |url=http://grace-for-today.com/chstp45.htm |title=TREASURY OF DAVID |website=grace-for-today.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819224601/http://grace-for-today.com/chstp45.htm |archive-date=2000-08-19}} a word commencing a song{{cite web|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom10.iv.html?highlight=shoshannim#highlight|title=Commentary on Psalms - Volume 3 - Christian Classics Ethereal Library|website=www.ccel.org}} or the melody to which these psalms were to be sung.{{cite web|url=http://bible.somd.com/easton/east3408.shtml|title=Eastons Bible Dictionary—Shoshannim-Eduth|website=bible.somd.com}}

The Hebrew root word used is Psalm 45 and 69 according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance{{cite web|url=http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/nas/shuwshan.html|title=Shuwshan - Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon - New American Standard|website=Bible Study Tools}} is Strong's #7799 defined as "probably any lily-like flower".

The tenor bell of St Peter's Church, Chertsey (England), cast in 1670 by Bryan(?) Eldridge of Chertsey (maybe in itself a recasting of an earlier Chertsey Abbey bell), was recast in 1859 by George Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry at the expense of Angela Burdett-Coutts, and by her specially named "Shoshannim".{{Cite web|url=https://stpeterschertsey.org.uk/blog/2018/06/chertseys-bells/|title = Chertsey's Bells|date = 15 June 2018}}