Kinnor
Sign in to saveKinnor ( kīnnōr) is an ancient Israelite musical instrument in the yoke lutes family, the first one to be mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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- Instrument.name
- Kinnor
- Instrument.names
- harp of David, from Hebrew kinnor Dávid
- Instrument.image
- File:Kinnor played before a king.jpg
- Instrument.image_size
- 200px
- Instrument.caption
- Tel Megiddo, a lyre player 1350-1150 BC, identified as a likely kinnor by scholars. During the Iron Age, Megiddo was a royal city in the Kingdom of Israel.
- Instrument.classification
- String instrument
- Instrument.related
- Kithara, Lyre Nevel, Harp
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- Image
- Kinnorancient.png
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- Kinnor
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.22
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Kinnor ( kīnnōr) is an ancient Israelite musical instrument in the yoke lutes family, the first one to be mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Its exact identification is unclear, but in the modern day it is generally translated as "harp" or "lyre", and associated with a type of lyre depicted in Israelite imagery, particularly the Bar Kokhba coins. It has been referred to as the "national instrument" of the Jewish people, and modern luthiers have created reproduction lyres of the kinnor based on this imagery.
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