Kinnor
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| Other names | Kinnor David, Harp of David |
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| Classification | String instrument |
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| lyre, kithara, harp, simsimiyya | |
Kinnor (Hebrew: כִּנּוֹר; also Harp of David) is the Hebrew name for an ancient Israelite lyre mentioned in the Bible (Genesis iv. 21) and commonly translated as harp.
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[edit] History
The identification of the instrument is uncertain, but a few historians of musical instruments say it is similar to the Greek cithara, Though the Kinnura is a better representation which was in use among the Semitic peoples.[1]
A symbolic representation of the kinnor appears on ancient Hebrew coins. [2]
The kinnor has been called the national instrument of Israel.[3]
In modern Hebrew, the word kinnōr refers to a violin.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Kinnor". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. - ^ Jubilee harps
- ^ "David's Harp". Dolmetsch Online. http://www.dolmetsch.com/defsd.htm. Retrieved December 21, 2007. "In Hebrew kinnor, also known as David's harp, is the national instrument of Israel."
[edit] External links
- http://www.rakkav.com/biblemusic/pages/instruments.htm
- http://www.chelseashul.org/Music/Skarbova.htm
- Bo Lawergren, “Distinctions among Canaanite, Philistine, and Israelite Lyres, and Their Global Lyrical Contexts,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 309 (Feb., 1998), pp. 41-68.
Texts on Wikisource:
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Kinnor". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- "Kinnor". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
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