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title: קַתָרֹס — lyre · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: קַתָרֹס (lemma:קַתָרֹס), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: lyre. BDB 1906: lyre, zither. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַתָרֹס

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«קַתָרֹס» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **lyre** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:קַתָרֹס · **BDB:** קיתרס

### Glosses

zither (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lyre [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5ea_5b8_5e8_5b9_5e1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

lyre, zither [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5ea_5b8_5e8_5b9_5e1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, קַתְרֹס Qr, n. \[m.\] lyre, zither (also 𝔗; loan-word from Gk. κίθαρις Krauss i. 193; ii. 573);—Dn 3:5, 7, 10, 15; Kmp קִיתָרִס.

### Jastrow 1903

קַתְרוֹס III: lute lyre [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5ea_5b8_5e8_5b9_5e1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (κιθάρα, κίθαρις, prob. of Semitic origin) a kind of lute or lyre. \[Dan. III, 5, K’thib קִיתְרֹס\] Targ. Is. V, 12 (some ed. קנתרוס; h. text תֹּף!).—Pl. קַתְרוֹסִין. Targ. Koh. II, 8.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַתָרֹס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5ea_5b8_5e8_5b9_5e1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.5/)

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בְּעִדָּנָ֡א דִּֽי־תִשְׁמְע֡וּן קָ֣ל קַרְנָ֣א מַ֠שְׁרוֹקִיתָא קַתְר֨וֹס סַבְּכָ֤א פְּסַנְתֵּרִין֙ סוּמְפֹּ֣נְיָ֔ה וְכֹ֖ל זְנֵ֣י זְמָרָ֑א תִּפְּל֤וּן וְתִסְגְּדוּן֙ לְצֶ֣לֶם דַּהֲבָ֔א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ים נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* at the time which you.will.hear the.sound of the.horn the flute zither trigon harp pipe and all (the).kinds of.(the) music you.will.fall.down and you.will.pay.homage to the.image of.(the) gold which he.has.set.up Nebuchadnezzar the king

*JPS 1917:* that at what time ye hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;

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[Daniel 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.10/)

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אַ֣נְתְּ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣מְתָּ טְּעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֡שׁ דִּֽי־יִשְׁמַ֡ע קָ֣ל קַרְנָ֣א מַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָא קַתְר֨וֹס שַׂבְּכָ֤א פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙ וְסוּפֹּ֣נְיָ֔ה וְכֹ֖ל זְנֵ֣י זְמָרָ֑א יִפֵּ֥ל וְיִסְגֻּ֖ד לְצֶ֥לֶם דַּהֲבָֽא׃

*Word for word:* you O king you.made a.decree (diy).that every person who he.will.hear the.sound of the.horn the flute zither trigon harp and pipe and all (the).kinds of.(the) music he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage to the.image of.(the) gold

*JPS 1917:* Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

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