כינור
Hebrew
Etymology
Root |
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כ־נ־ר (k-n-r) |
From Proto-Semitic *kinnār-.
Noun
כינור / כִּנּוֹר • (kinór) m (plural indefinite כינורות \\ כִּנּוֹרוֹת, singular construct כינור / כִּנּוֹר־, plural construct כינורות / כִּנּוֹרוֹת־)
- (biblical) lyre, harp
- Psalms 98:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- זַמְּרוּ לַיהוָה בְּכִנּוֹר; בְּכִנּוֹר וְקוֹל זִמְרָה׃
- Zammrú l-Adonái b-khinnór; b-khinnór v-qol zimrá.
- Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Berachot 3b:
- כִּנּוֹר הָיָה תָּלוּי לְמַעְלָה מִמִּטָּתוֹ שֶׁל דָּוִד
- Kinnor hayá talúy l'máʿla mim-miṭṭató shel Davíd.
- A lyre was hung above the bed of David.
- Psalms 98:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- violin (string instrument)
- 1967, Naomi Shemer (lyrics and music), “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], Jerusalem, OCLC 766450198, performed by Shuly Nathan:
- יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב וְשֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת וְשֶׁל אוֹר; הֲלֹא לְכָל שִׁירַיִךְ אֲנִי כִּנּוֹר
- Yerushaláyim shel zaháv v-shel n'ḥóshet v-shel or; haló l-khol shiráyikh ani kinnor
- Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light; am I not for all of your songs a violin?
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Descendants
- → Late Egyptian: knnr, kniwr
- Coptic: ⲕⲓⲛⲉⲣⲁ (kinera)
- → English: kinnor
- → Ancient Greek: κινύρᾱ (kinúrā)
- → Late Latin: cinyra
- Italian: cinira
- → Late Latin: cinyra
- → Italian: kinnor
References
- “כינור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H3658 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
- כינור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he