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title: זָמַר — trim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָמַר (2168), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2168 · **BDB:** זָמַר

### Glosses

you.will.prune (2); it.will.be.pruned (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2168/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. trim, prune [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2168/#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, 3 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, 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/1494/2168/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 25:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.3/)

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שֵׁ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ תִּזְרַ֣ע שָׂדֶ֔ךָ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְמֹ֣ר כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* six years you.will.sow field your and six years you.will.prune vineyard your and you.will.gather (et) produce its

*JPS 1917:* Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

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[Leviticus 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.4/)

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וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ת שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָאָ֔רֶץ שַׁבָּ֖ת לַיהוָ֑ה שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִזְמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and in the year (the) seventh a.sabbath of.sabbath.observance it.will.belong to the land a.sabbath to Yahweh field your not you.will.sow and vineyard your not you.will.prune

*JPS 1917:* But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

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