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title: זָמִיר — song · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָמִיר (2158), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: song. BDB 1906: n.m. song. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָמִיר

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«זָמִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **song** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 2158 · **BDB:** זָמִיר

### Glosses

songs (4); \[the\].song (1); of.the.songs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

song [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2158/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. song [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2158/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 25:5 song (cf. BaNB 136)—cstr. זְמִיר Is 25:5; pl. abs. זְמִרוֹת Jb 35:10 + 2 times, זְמִרֹת Is 24:16; cstr. זְמִרוֹת 2 S 23:1;—song נְעִים זְמִרוֹת ישׂראל 2 S 23:1 in epith. of David; Jb 35:10 Is 24:16; of (hostile) song of triumph זְמִיר עָרִיצִים Is 25:5 (‖ שְׁאוֹן זָרִים); song in praise of י׳ בִּזְמִרוֹת נָרִיעָה לוֹ ψ 95:2 (‖ תודה), cf. ז׳ היו לי חֻקֶּיךָ 119:54, i.e. they are the subject of my song.—On Ct 2:12 v. ii. זמיר sub II. זמר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָמִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2158/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 95:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.95.2/)

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נְקַדְּמָ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּתוֹדָ֑ה בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* let.us.come.to.meet face his with thanksgiving with songs let.us.shout.for.joy to him

*JPS 1917:* Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout for joy unto Him with psalms.

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[Psalms 119:54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.54/)

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זְ֭מִרוֹת הָֽיוּ־לִ֥י חֻקֶּ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית מְגוּרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* songs they.have.been for me decrees your in the.house my.sojournings my

*JPS 1917:* Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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