כִּנּוֹר

n.m. ψ 81:3 lyre (on formation cf. LagBN 89, Anm.; NH id.; Aramaic כִּנָּרָא, ܟܶܢܳܪܳܐ; Mand. כינאר(א) NöM § 104 (who questions Shemitic origin); Arabic كِنَارٌ, كَنَّارَةٌ; as loan-word in Hellen. Gk. κινύρα (𝔊 and Joseph); in Egyptian kn-an-aul according to Bondi79)—abs. כ׳ Gn 4:21 +; sf. כִּנֹּרִי Jb 30:31; pl. כִּנֹּרוֹת 1 K 10:12 +; sf. כִּנּוֹרַיִךְ Ez 26:13, כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ ψ 137:2;—lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (cf. BenzArch. 273 ff. NowArch. i. 273 ff.);—כ׳ וְעוּגָב Gn 4:21, בְּתֹף וּבְכ׳ 31:27; אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכּ׳ 1 S 16:16 a man skilled in playing on the lyre, cf. v 23 (וִנִגֵּן בְּיָדוֹ); at banquets Is 5:12 (+ נֶבֶל, תֹּף, חָלִיל), token of merriment 24:8 (+ תֻּפִּים), Ez 26:13, cf. וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִים Jb 30:31, יִשְׂאוּ כְתֹף וְכ׳ וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקוֹל עוּגָב Jb 21:12; carried by a loose woman Is 23:16 (fig. of Tyre); in sim. Is 16:11 (of murmuring sound of bowels = heart, in pity); used also in praising י׳, usually as accompainment of song (cf. 1 Ch 15:16) נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכ׳ 1 S 10:5; Is 30:32 (‖ תֻּפִּים); especially before the ark 2 S 6:5 (+ נְבָלִים, תֻּפִּים, etc.) ‖ 1 Ch 13:8, and in sanctuary (usually + נֵבֶל, etc.) 1 K 10:12, but especially Chr ψψ:—1 Ch 13:8 (pl., and so chiefly in Chr), 15:16, 21, 28; 16:5; 25:1, 3, 6 2 Ch 5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25 Ne 12:27; ψ 33:2 (sg., and so chiefly in ψψ), 43:4; 49:5; 57:9; 71:22; 81:3; 92:4; 98:5(×2); 108:3; 147:7; 149:3; 150:3; cf. כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ ψ 137:2.—Vbs. used with כ׳ are:—תָּפַשׂ Gn 4:21, נִגֵּן בְּ 1 S 16:16, מְשַׂחֵק בְּ 2 S 6:5 = 1 Ch 13:8, מְשֹׁרֲרִים בּ 1 Ch 15:16, מַשְׁמִיעִים בְּ v 28, נִבָּא בְּ 25:1, 3, הוֹדָה בְּ ψ 33:2; 42:4, זמּר בְּ ψ 71:22; 98:5; 147:7; 149:3, הַלֲלוּהוּ בְּ 150:3.—On ancient lyres v. reff. ap. Dr Amos, p. 236 f.