כִּנּוֹר

כִּנּוֺר noun masculine^{Sl 81,3} lyre (on formation compare Lag^{BN 89, Anm}.; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כִּנָּרָא, ; Mandean כינאר(אׅ Nö^{M § 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 1 Mos 4,21 +; suffix כִּנֹּרִי Job 30,31 plural כִּנֹּרוֺת 1 Kong 10,12 +; suffix כִּנּוֺרַיִךְ Ezk 26,13, כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ Sl 137,2 — lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (compare Benz^{Archaeology 273 ff.} Now^{Archaeology i. 273 ff.}); — ׳יְעוּגָבכ 1 Mos 4,21, ׳בְּתֹף וּבְכ 1 Mos 31,27 ׳אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכּ 1 Sam 16,16 a man skilled in playing on the lyre, compare v1 Sam 16,23 (וִנִגֵּן בְּיָדוֺׅ); at banquets Es 5,12 (+ נֶבֶל, תֹּף, חָלִיל), token of merriment Es 24,8 (+ תֻּפִּים), Ezk 26,13, compare וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֺל בֹּכִים Job 30,31, וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקוֺל עוּגָב ׳יִשְׂאוּ כְתֹף וְכ Job 21,12 carried by a loose woman Es 23,16 (figurative of Tyre); in simile Es 16,11 (of murmuring sound of bowels = heart, in pity); used also in praising ׳י, usually As accompaniment of song (compare 1 Kron 15,16) ׳נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכ 1 Sam 10,5; Es 30,32 (|| תֻּפִּים); especially before the ark 2 Sam 6,5 (+ נְבָלִים, תֻּפִּים, etc.) || 1 Kron 13,8, and in sanctuary (usually + נֵבֶל, etc.) 1 Kong 10,12, but especially Chronicles, Psalms: — 1 Kron 13,8 (plural, and so chiefly in Chronicles), 1 Kron 15,16; 1 Kron 15,21; 1 Kron 15,28; 1 Kron 16,5; 1 Kron 25,1; 1 Kron 25,3; 1 Kron 25,6; 2 Kron 5,12; 2 Kron 9,11; 2 Kron 20,28; 2 Kron 29,25; Neh 12,27; Sl 33,2 (singular, and so chiefly in Psalms), Sl 43,4; Sl 49,5; Sl 57,9; Sl 71,22; Sl 81,3; Sl 92,4; Sl 98,5 (twice in verse); Sl 108,3; Sl 147,7; Sl 149,3; Sl 150,3 compare כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ Sl 137,2. — Vbs. used with ׳כ are: — תָּפַשׂ 1 Mos 4,21, נִגֵּן בְּ 1 Sam 16,16, מְשַׂחֵק בְּ 2 Sam 6,5 = 1 Kron 13,8, מְשֹׁרֲרִים בּ 1 Kron 15,16, מַשְׁמִיעִים בְּ v1 Kron 15,28, נִבָּא בְּ 1 Kron 25,1; 1 Kron 25,3, הוֺדָה בְּ Sl 33,2; Sl 43,4, זמּר בְּ Sl 71,22; Sl 98,5; Sl 147,7; Sl 149,3, הַלֲלוּהוּ בְּ Sl 150,3. — On ancient lyres see references in Dr^{Amos, p. 236 f}.