צינור

Hebrew edit

Root
צ־נ־ר (ṣ-n-r)

Unknown.

צינור / צִנּוֹר • (tsinór) m (plural indefinite צינורות / צִנּוֹרוֹת, singular construct צינור / צִנּוֹר־, plural construct צינורות / צִנּוֹרוֹת־)

A pipe, a piece of piping: a long tube, made of metal or another material, for the conveyance of water or other fluids.
A ditch or trough for the conveyance of water.
A flow, a current: a flowing of water.
- Psalms 42:8:
  תְּהוֹם־אֶל־תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָרוּ׃
  t'hom-el-t'hom koré l'kol tsinorékha kol-mishbarékha v'galékha alái aváru:
  
  Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.^[1]
(in flowers) The lower, narrow part of a petal or sepal.
(by Kabbalistic extension) A path of influence.

The usual plural forms are as given above, but the regularly-formed plural forms צינורים / צִנּוֹרִים (tsinorím) and צינורי / צִנּוֹרֵי־ (tsinoréi-) are attested as well.

“צִנּוֹר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1143.