BDB4102

כִּנּוֺר noun masculine ^{Ps 81:3} lyre (on formation compare Lag^{BN 89, Anm}.; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כִּנָּרָא, [untranscribed source text 2574]; Mandean כינאר(אׅ Nö^{M § 104} (who questions Shemitic origin); Arabic [untranscribed source text 2575], [untranscribed source text 2576]; 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 Benz^{Archaeology 273 ff.} Now^{Archaeology 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 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 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 Dr^{Amos, p. 236 f}.