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kinnōr כִּנּוֹר ‘lyre’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to twang

kinnōr n, m
1) lyre, harp

Mentioned in Genesis 4:21, 31:27 1 Samuel 16:16, 10:5, 16:23 2 Samuel 6:5 1 Kings 10:12 Isaiah 30:32, 5:12, 16:11, 23:16, 24:8 Ezekiel 26:13 Psalms 49:5, 43:4, 71:22, 147:7, 92:4, 149:3, 150:3, 33:2, 98:5, 81:3, 57:9, 108:3, 137:2 Job 30:31, 21:12 Nehemiah 12:27 1 Chronicles 25:3, 25:6, 15:16, 25:1, 13:8, 16:5, 15:21, 15:28 2 Chronicles 5:12, 20:28, 9:11, 29:25

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