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title: זִמְרָה — choice products · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִמְרָה (2173), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: choice products. BDB 1906: n.f. choice products. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִמְרָה

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«זִמְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **choice products** — 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:** 2173 · **BDB:** זִמְרָה²

### Glosses

of.the.best.products (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

choice products [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2173/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. choice products [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2173/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. of uncertain meaning, perhaps choice products (cf. DHM supr.), of various fruits, etc. מִזִּמְרַת הארץ Gn 43:11; 𝔊 οἱ καρποί, so MV Str.; \> music, or praise of the land, fig. for produce (√ I. זמר) Thes Tu Kn SS.—i. ז׳ v. sub. I. זמר. Uncertain in deriv. are the five foll.:—

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִמְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2173/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 43:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.11/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אֲבִיהֶ֗ם אִם־כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ זֹ֣את עֲשׂוּ֒ קְח֞וּ מִזִּמְרַ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ לָאִ֖ישׁ מִנְחָ֑ה מְעַ֤ט צֳרִי֙ וּמְעַ֣ט דְּבַ֔שׁ נְכֹ֣את וָלֹ֔ט בָּטְנִ֖ים וּשְׁקֵדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them Israel father their if so then this do take some of.the.best.products of the.land in vessels your and take.down to the man a.gift a.little of.balm and a.little of.honey spice and myrrh pistachio.nuts and almonds

*JPS 1917:* And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;

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