I. Name
The word kinnôr (‘lyre’) occurs some 42 times in MT. Stringed instruments used in the cult, such as the lyre, were at times deified in the cultures surrounding Israel.
II. Identity
The term knr appears 6 times in the Ugaritic texts, both as a stringed instrument (e.g. KTU 1.19 i:8; 1.108:4), and as a divine name in the Ugaritic pantheon lists KTU 1.47:32 = 1.118:31, in the Akkadian list RS 20.24:31 (d.giški-na-rum), and in the sacrificial list KTU 1.148:9.38, where the god receives one sheep. In vi…