כינור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־נ־ר (k-n-r)
2 terms

From Proto-Semitic *kinnār-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

כינור / כִּנּוֹר • (kinór) m (plural indefinite כינורות / כִּנּוֹרוֹת, singular construct כינור / כִּנּוֹר־, plural construct כינורות / כִּנּוֹרוֹת־)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew, music) harp
    • Tanach, 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.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew, music) lyre
    • 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.
  3. (Modern Israeli Hebrew, music) violin
    • 1967, Naomi Shemer, “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], performed by Shuly Nathan, Jerusalem, →OCLC:
      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?

Descendants

  • → Late Egyptian: knr, knjwr
    • Coptic: ϭⲓⲛⲏⲣⲁ (cinēra)
  • → English: kinnor
  • → Ancient Greek: κινύρᾱ (kinúrā)
  • → Italian: kinnor

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