- כנור
- כִּנּוֹר, כִּינּוֹרm. (b. h.; prob. fr. כרר with נ inserted, v. כִּרְכֵּר, cmp. חִינְגָּא) lute, cithern. Arakh.13b כ׳ של מקדשוכ׳ the kinnor of the Temple was seven-stringed. Ber.3b; Y. ib. I, 2d כ׳ היה תלויוכ׳ David had a lute suspended Snh.101a עשאוני בניך ככ׳וכ׳ thy children made me (the Law) like an instrument upon which the scorners play; a. fr.Pl. כִּנּוֹרוֹת, כִּנּוֹרִים, כִּי׳. Arakh.II, 5. Shebu.15b. Kinnim III, 6 בני מעיו לכ׳ its small bowels are used for strings for the cithern; Ab. Zar.47a מהו לכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. לפארות). Pesik. R. s. 26; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.