כִּנּוֺר noun masculine[Ps 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 [Gen 4:21] +; suffix כִּנֹּרִי [Job 30:31] plural כִּנֹּרוֺת [1Kgs 10:12] +; suffix כִּנּוֺרַיִךְ [Ezek 26:13], כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ [Ps 137:2] — lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (compare BenzArchaeology 273 ff. NowArchaeology i. 273 ff.); — ׳יְעוּגָבכ [Gen 4:21], ׳בְּתֹף וּבְכ [Gen 31:27] ׳אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכּ [1Sam 16:16] a man skilled in playing on the lyre, compare v[1Sam 16:23] (וִנִגֵּן בְּיָדוֺׅ); at banquets [Isa 5:12] (+ נֶבֶל, תֹּף, חָלִיל), token of merriment [Isa 24:8] (+ תֻּפִּים), [Ezek 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 [Isa 23:16] (figurative of Tyre); in simile [Isa 16:11] (of murmuring sound of bowels = heart, in pity); used also in praising ׳י, usually As accompaniment of song (compare [1Chr 15:16]) ׳נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכ [1Sam 10:5]; [Isa 30:32] (|| תֻּפִּים); especially before the ark [2Sam 6:5] (+ נְבָלִים, תֻּפִּים, etc.) || [1Chr 13:8], and in sanctuary (usually + נֵבֶל, etc.) [1Kgs 10:12], but especially Chronicles, Psalms: — [1Chr 13:8] (plural, and so chiefly in Chronicles), [1Chr 15:16]; [1Chr 15:21]; [1Chr 15:28]; [1Chr 16:5]; [1Chr 25:1]; [1Chr 25:3]; [1Chr 25:6]; [2Chr 5:12]; [2Chr 9:11]; [2Chr 20:28]; [2Chr 29:25]; [Neh 12:27]; [Ps 33:2] (singular, and so chiefly in Psalms), [Ps 43:4]; [Ps 49:5]; [Ps 57:9]; [Ps 71:22]; [Ps 81:3]; [Ps 92:4]; [Ps 98:5] (twice in verse); [Ps 108:3]; [Ps 147:7]; [Ps 149:3]; [Ps 150:3] compare כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ [Ps 137:2]. — Vbs. used with ׳כ are: — תָּפַשׂ [Gen 4:21], נִגֵּן בְּ [1Sam 16:16], מְשַׂחֵק בְּ [2Sam 6:5] = [1Chr 13:8], מְשֹׁרֲרִים בּ [1Chr 15:16], מַשְׁמִיעִים בְּ v[1Chr 15:28], נִבָּא בְּ [1Chr 25:1]; [1Chr 25:3], הוֺדָה בְּ [Ps 33:2]; [Ps 43:4], זמּר בְּ [Ps 71:22]; [Ps 98:5]; [Ps 147:7]; [Ps 149:3], הַלֲלוּהוּ בְּ [Ps 150:3]. — On ancient lyres see references in DrAmos, p. 236 f.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
License: Public domain document; formatting developed for use in https://marvel.bible by Eliran Wong.
Source: provided by Tim Morton, the developer of Bible Analyzer