פסנתר

Hebrew

Etymology

Back-formation from Aramaic פְּסַנְתֵּרִין (p'santerín), with the ־ִין (-ín) reanalyzed as a plural ending, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /psanˈteʁ/

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Noun

פְּסַנְתֵּר • (p'santér) m (plural indefinite פְּסַנְתֵּרִים, singular construct פְּסַנְתֵּר־, plural construct פְּסַנְתֵּרֵי־)

1. (music) piano

   אני רוצה שתלמדי אותי לנגן בפסנתר.

   I want you to teach me to play the piano.

Declension

Declension of פְּסַנְתֵּר

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	פְּסַנְתֵּר	first	פְּסַנְתֵּרִי		פְּסַנְתֵּרֵנוּ
	definite	הַפְּסַנְתֵּר	second	פְּסַנְתֵּרְךָ	פְּסַנְתֵּרֵךְ	פְּסַנְתֶּרְכֶם	פְּסַנְתֶּרְכֶן
	construct	פְּסַנְתֵּר־	third	פְּסַנְתֵּרוֹ	פְּסַנְתֵּרָהּ	פְּסַנְתֵּרָם	פְּסַנְתֵּרָן
plural	indefinite	פְּסַנְתֵּרִים	first	פסנתריי / פְּסַנְתֵּרַי		פְּסַנְתֵּרֵינוּ
	definite	הַפְּסַנְתֵּרִים	second	פְּסַנְתֵּרֶיךָ	פסנתרייך / פְּסַנְתֵּרַיִךְ	פְּסַנְתְּרֵיכֶם	פְּסַנְתְּרֵיכֶן
	construct	פְּסַנְתְּרֵי־	third	פְּסַנְתֵּרָיו	פְּסַנְתֵּרֶיהָ	פְּסַנְתְּרֵיהֶם	פְּסַנְתְּרֵיהֶן

See also

• קְלִיד

References

• Brown, Francis, Driver, Samuel Rolles, Briggs, Charles Augustus (1906) “פסנתר”, in A Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (BDB), Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Koehler, Ludwig, Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill