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title: זָמַר — trim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָמַר (2167), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 45 times: trim. BDB 1906: vb. trim, prune. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָמַר

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«זָמַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trim** — 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:** 45 times · **Key:** 2167 · **BDB:** זָמַר

### Glosses

I.will.sing.praises (11); sing.praises (11); make.music (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2167/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. trim, prune [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2167/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. trim, prune (NH id.; relation to √ I. obscure)— Impf. 2 ms. תִּזְמֹר Lv 25:3, 4 of pruning a vineyard (כֶּרֶם; H). Impf. יִזָּמֵר Is 5:6 be pruned, subj. כֶּרֶם (‖ יֵעָדֵר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָמַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2167/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 47:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.47.7/)

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זַמְּר֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים זַמֵּ֑רוּ זַמְּר֖וּ לְמַלְכֵּ֣נוּ זַמֵּֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* sing.praises.to God sing.praises sing.praises to king our sing.praises

*JPS 1917:* Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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[Psalms 47:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.47.8/)

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כִּ֤י מֶ֖לֶךְ כָּל־הָאָ֥רֶץ אֱלֹהִ֗ים זַמְּר֥וּ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].the.king of.all the earth God sing.praises a.poem

*JPS 1917:* For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises in a skilful song.

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