Lexical Summary kinnor: a lyre Original Word: כִּנּוֹרTransliteration: kinnor Phonetic Spelling: (kin-nore') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a lyre Meaning: a harp Strong's Concordance a harp:From a unused root meaning to twang; a harp: Brown-Driver-Briggs H3658. kinnor כִּנּוֺר noun masculinePsalm 81:3 lyre (on formation compare LagBN 89, Anm.; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כִּנָּרָא, ; Mandean כינאר(אׅ NöM § 104 (who questions Shemitic origin); Arabic , ; as loan-word in Hellen. Greek κινύρα (ᵐ5 and Joseph.); in Egyptian kn-an-aul according to Bondi79) — absolute ׳כ Genesis 4:21 +; suffix כִּנֹּרִי Job 30:31; plural כִּנֹּרוֺת 1 Kings 10:12 +; suffix כִּנּוֺרַיִךְ Ezekiel 26:13, כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ Psalm 137:2; — lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (compare BenzArchaeology 273 ff. NowArchaeology i. 273 ff.); — ׳יְעוּגָבכ Genesis 4:21, וּבְכ ׳בְּתֹף 31:27; בַּכּ מְנַגֵּן יֹדֵעַ ׳אִישׁ 1 Samuel 16:16 a man skilled in playing on the lyre, compare 16:23 (בְּיָדוֺׅ וִנִגֵּן); at banquets Isaiah 5:12 (+ חָלִיל תֹּף, נֶבֶל,), token of merriment 24:8 (+ תֻּמִּים), Ezekiel 26:13, compare בֹּכִים לְקוֺל וְעֻגָבִי כִּנֹּרִ֑י לְאֵבֶל וַיְהִי Job 30:31, וְכ כְתֹף ׳יִשְׂאוּ עוּגָב לְקוֺל וְיִשְׂמְחוּ 21:12; carried by a loose woman Isaiah 23:16 (figurative of Tyre); in simile 16:11 (of murmuring sound of bowels = heart, in pity); used also in praising ׳י, usually As accompaniment of song (compare 1 Chronicles 15:16) וְכ וְחָלִיל וְתֹף ׳נֵבֶל 1 Samuel 10:5; Isaiah 30:32 ("" תֻּמִּים); especially before the ark 2 Samuel 6:5 (+ תֻּמִּים נְבָלִים,, etc.) "" 1 Chronicles 13:8, and in sanctuary (usually + נֵבֶל, etc.) 1 Kings 10:12, but especially Chronicles, Psalms: — 1 Chronicles 13:8 (plural, and so chiefly in Chronicles), 15:16, 21, 28; 16:5; 25:1, 3, 6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25; Nehemiah 12:27; Psalm 33:2 (singular, and so chiefly in Psalms), 43:4; 49:5; 57:9; 71:22; 81:3; 92:4; 98:5 (twice in verse); 108:3; 147:7; 149:3; 150:3; compare כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ 137:2. — Vbs. used with ׳כ are: — תָּפַשׂ Genesis 4:21, בְּ נִגֵּן 1 Samuel 16:16, בְּ מְשַׂחֵק 2 Samuel 6:5 = 1 Chronicles 13:8, בּ מְשֹׁרֲרִים 15:16, בְּ מַשְׁמִיעִים 15:28, בְּ נִבָּא 25:1, 3, בְּ הוֺדָה Psalm 33:2; 43:4, בְּ זמּר 71:22; 98:5; 147:7; 149:3, בְּ הַלֲלוּהוּ 150:3. — On ancient lyres see references in DrAmos, p. 236 f. |
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