1 Chronicles 15:16:101 Chr.15.16.W10TAB
וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת
vekhinorot
“and lyres”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-no-ROT
- Extended
- veh-khih-noh-ROHT
- IPA
- /vəxinːoːˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lyres
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khi-no-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim mash-mi-IM le-ha-RIM-be-KOL le-sim-KHA
Exegesis
The coordinated series bi-khelei-shir nevalim ve-kinorot u-metsiltayim {בִּכְלֵי־שִׁיר נְבָלִים וְכִנֹּרוֹת וּמְצִלְתָּיִם | bi-khelê-šîr nǝvālîm wǝ-ḵinnôrōṯ u-məṣiltāyîm} employs parallelism to list song instruments.
Root and etymology
k-n-rkaf–nun–resh
“lyre, stringed instrument”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:16
David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers, the singers, with instruments of song—lyres, harps, and cymbals—so they would sound out, lifting their voices in joy .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת (vekhinorot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.16.W10.S1) and character.