The Definition of the word Michtam

Michtam

Writing; i.e., a poem or song found in the titles of Ps. 16; "56-60. Some translate the word "golden", i.e., precious. It is" "rendered in the LXX. by a word meaning "tablet inscription" or a" "stelograph. The root of the word means to stamp or grave, and" hence it is regarded as denoting a composition so precious as to be worthy to be engraven on a durable tablet for preservation; "or, as others render, "a psalm precious as stamped gold," from" "the word kethem, "fine or stamped gold."