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title: זַמָּר — singer · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: זַמָּר (lemma:זַמָּר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: singer. BDB 1906: n.m. singer. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַמָּר

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«זַמָּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **singer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:זַמָּר · **BDB:** זַמָּר

### Glosses

the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

singer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b7_5de_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. singer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b7_5de_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. singer;—pl. emph. זַמָּרַיָּא Ezr 7:24.

### Jastrow 1903

זַמָּר: musician, singer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b7_5de_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (זָמַר I) musician, singer. Kel. XVI, 7 מרכוף של ז׳, v. מַרְכּוֹף. Yalk. Lam. 1001.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זַמָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b7_5de_5b8_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.24/)

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וּלְכֹ֣ם מְהוֹדְעִ֗ין דִּ֣י כָל־כָּהֲנַיָּ֣א וְ֠לֵוָיֵא זַמָּ֨רַיָּ֤א תָרָֽעַיָּא֙ נְתִ֣ינַיָּ֔א וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י בֵּ֖ית אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָ֑ה מִנְדָּ֤ה בְלוֹ֙ וַהֲלָ֔ךְ לָ֥א שַׁלִּ֖יט לְמִרְמֵ֥א עֲלֵיהֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and to you \[we.are\].making.known (diy).that all the priests and the Levites the singers the gatekeepers the.temple servants and the.servants of.the.house of.(the) God this tribute tax and toll not \[is\].authorized to throw on them

*JPS 1917:* Also we announce to you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, impost, or toll, upon them.

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