צינור

צינור

Hebrew

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

צינור \\ צִנּוֹר • (tsinór) m (plural indefinite צינורות \\ צִנּוֹרוֹת‎, singular construct צינור \\ צִנּוֹר־, plural construct צינורות \\ צִנּוֹרוֹת־‎)

1. A pipe, a piece of piping: a long tube, made of metal or another material, for the conveyance of water or other fluids.
2. A ditch or trough for the conveyance of water.
3. A flow, a current: a flowing of water.
   • Psalms 42:8:

     תְּהוֹם־אֶל־תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָרוּ׃‎

     t'hom-el-t'hom koré l'kol tsinorékha kol-mishbarékha v'galékha alái aváru:

     Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.[1]

4. (in flowers) The lower, narrow part of a petal or sepal.
5. (by Kabbalistic extension) A path of influence.

Usage notes

• The usual plural forms are as given above, but the regularly-formed plural forms צינורים \\ צִנּוֹרִים‎ (tsinorím) and צינורי \\ צִנּוֹרֵי־‎ (tsinoréi-) are attested as well.

References

• “צִנּוֹר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1143.

1. Bible (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, 1611.