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# sing

«sing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to make music with your voice, using words or tunes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (sing, sings, sang, singing, sung)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sing means to make music with your voice, using words or tunes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#m1)

2) Birds sing when they make musical calls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#m2)

3) Things like a kettle or the wind can «sing» when they make a high, musical sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#m3)

4) To sing someone's praises means to praise them a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, singing is praise to God, as in Miriam's song after crossing the sea. Interpretation: Tradition reads these songs as examples of thanks to God, and the Song of the Sea is still sung in the daily morning prayers. In the primary lessons: In music lessons you sing songs, notes and rounds; in stories singing shows happiness or celebration. Phrases: «sing along», «sing a song», «sing in a choir», «sing out of tune», «sing Happy Birthday», «sing to sleep».

### examples

- Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it — (Torah NUM.21.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x1)
- And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Torah EXO.15.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x2)
- Sing aloud, O ye nations, of His people; for He doth avenge the blood of His servants, and doth render vengeance to His adversaries, and doth make expiation for the land of His people. (Torah DEU.32.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x3)
- How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land? (Writings PSA.137.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x4)
- Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy. (Writings PSA.33.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x5)
- Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. (Writings PSA.66.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x6)
- We sing in the school choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x7)
- She sang «Happy Birthday» to her dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x8)
- The birds were singing in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x9)
- Can you sing along to this song? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x10)
- He has sung in three concerts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x11)
- Mum sang the baby to sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x12)
- The kettle began to sing on the stove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x13)
- My teacher always sings our praises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/#x14)

### note

Irregular: sing – sang – sung (I sang yesterday; I have sung). Trap: «singed» is the past of «singe» (burn lightly), not of sing. A singer is a person who sings. «Sing» and «song»: you sing a song.

### In the corpora

- [Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.772/)
- [Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.119/)
- [Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.709/)
- [Let me sing of my well-beloved, a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.89/)
- [Sing unto the LORD; for He hath done gloriously; this is made known in all the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.273/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.