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„Jerozolimo, dla wszysytkich Twoich pieśni jestem harfą”. Pole semantyczne hebrajskiego rzeczownika רוֹנִּכּ (kinnôr)

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Grochowski Z.

Studia Elbląskie

2013

vol. 14

253-269

What was the instrument played by the king David (cf. 1 Sam 16:16,23)? What kind of musical instrument did the exiles hang upon the willow in Babylon (cf. Ps 137,2)? Such a questions could be multiplied, and the first association which often comes on one’s mind is that very probably it was a “harp”. But the research done on the Hebrew substantive kinnôr (this is the original word expressing the musical instrument being in question) brings to a conclusion that also “zither”, “lyre” and “lute” should be taken in consideration. This substantive (rather frequent in the Old Testament: 42 occurrences in the Masoretic Text) inspired the translators of the Holy Scripture and the authors of the biblical lexicons, dictionaries and encyclopedias to a vast (and, consequently, sometimes quite complicated) interpretation of this word: it is not so easy to decide, which instrument actually represents the noun kinnôr. It seems to be rather sure that “zither” has not too high probability to be a designatum of this Hebrew word (and much more “lute” should be refused). A “lyre” is the most famous interpretation of kinnôr given by modern authors, but a “harp” which is also a very popular opinion is our favourite rendition, regarding kinnôr. That is why the title of this article is as follows: “«Jerusalem, for all your songs I am a harp». The semantic field of the Hebrew כִּנּוֹר (kinnôr).

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„Jerozolimo, dla wszysytkich Twoich pieśni jestem harfą”. Pole semantyczne hebrajskiego rzeczownika רוֹנִּכּ (kinnôr)