קיתר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קיתר

   ki-te-RAS

   lyre
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קיתר קַתְר֨וֹ שַׂבְּכָ֤א פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙

   ki-te-RAS kat-ROS sab-KHA fe-san-te-RIN

   lyre trigon harp bagpipes
3. clause🔊 אנתה אַ֣נְתְּ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣מְתָּ טְּעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֡שׁ דִּֽי־יִשְׁמַ֡ע קָ֣ל קַרְנָ֣א מַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָא קיתר קַתְר֨וֹ שַׂבְּכָ֤א פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙ וסיפניה וְסוּפֹּ֣נְיָ֔ה וְכֹ֖ל זְנֵ֣י זְמָרָ֑א

   an-TA ANT mal-KA SAM-ta te-EM DI khol-e-NASH di-yish-MA KAL kar-NA mash-ro-ki-TA ki-te-RAS kat-ROS sab-KHA fe-san-te-RIN ve-si-fe-NYA ve-su-po-NYA ve-KHOL ze-NE ze-ma-RA

   you you the king set decree that every man who hears sound of horn pipe lyre trigon harp bagpipes and symphonia and symphony and all kinds of music
4. sentence🔊 אנתה אַ֣נְתְּ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣מְתָּ טְּעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֡שׁ דִּֽי־יִשְׁמַ֡ע קָ֣ל קַרְנָ֣א מַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָא קיתר קַתְר֨וֹ שַׂבְּכָ֤א פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙ וסיפניה וְסוּפֹּ֣נְיָ֔ה וְכֹ֖ל זְנֵ֣י זְמָרָ֑א יִפֵּ֥ל וְיִסְגֻּ֖ד לְצֶ֥לֶם דַּהֲבָֽא׃

   an-TA ANT mal-KA SAM-ta te-EM DI khol-e-NASH di-yish-MA KAL kar-NA mash-ro-ki-TA ki-te-RAS kat-ROS sab-KHA fe-san-te-RIN ve-si-fe-NYA ve-su-po-NYA ve-KHOL ze-NE ze-ma-RA yip-PEL ve-yis-GUD le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA

   you you the king set decree that every man who hears sound of horn pipe lyre trigon harp bagpipes and symphonia and symphony and all kinds of music fall and worship to the image of gold

Exegesis

A catalog of instruments—qol {קָל | qōl} ‘sound,’ qarna {קַרְנָא | qar-nāʾ} ‘horn,’ mashroqita {מַשְׁרֹקִיתָא | maš-ro-qī-ṯāʾ} ‘flute,’ kitaros {קיתרס | ki-ta-rōs} ‘lyre,’ qatros {קַתְר֨וֹס | qa-ṭrōs} ‘harp,’ sabeka {שַׂבְּכָ֤א | sab-bē-kāʾ} ‘trigon,’ pesenterin {פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙ | pes-an-te-rīn} ‘psalteries,’ usifanya {וסיפניה | u-si-fan-yāʾ} ‘bagpipe’—is broadened by the distributive vekol zeney zemara {וְכֹ֖ל זְנֵ֣י זְמָרָא | wə-qōl zə-nē zə-mā-rāʾ} ‘and every kind of music.’