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title: מִזְמוֹר — melody · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִזְמוֹר (4210), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 57 times: melody. BDB 1906: melody. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִזְמוֹר

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«מִזְמוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **melody** — 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:** 57 times · **Key:** 4210 · **BDB:** מִזְמוֹר

### Glosses

a.psalm (57)

### Meaning (OSHB)

melody [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4210/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

melody [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4210/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] melody (techn. design. of psalms; cf. HupPsalm. Einl. § 7, 2 De4 on ψ 3, BaePsalmen, xiii; مَزَامِيرٌ, ܡܰܙܡܘܽܖ̈ܶܐ, መዝሙር: loan-wds., all = Psalm(s); on מ׳, in relation to תהלה cf. LgOr ii. 22f.), always in this form; in 57 ψ-titles:—מ׳ alone ψ 98:1, מ׳ שׁיר ליום הַשַּׁבָּת 92:1, מ׳ לְתוֹדָה 100:1; usually with pers. name or title; מ׳ לְדָוִד ψ 3:1; 15:1; 23:1; 29:1; 63:1; 141:1; 143:1, שׁיר מ׳ לדוד 108:1, מ׳ לדוד לְהַזְכִּיר 38:1, מ׳ שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּת הבית לדוד 30:1, לדוד מ׳ 24:1; 101:1; 110:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ מ׳ לדוד 13:1; 19:1; 20:1; 21:1; 31:1; 41:1; 51:1; 64:1; 140:1; לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … מ׳ לדוד 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 8:1; 9:1; 12:1; 22:1; 39:1; 62:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ מ׳ לדוד שׁיר 65:1, למנצח לדוד מ׳ 40:1; 109:1; 139:1, למנצח לדוד מ׳ שׁיר 68:1; also simply לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ מ׳ שׁיר ψ 67:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ שׁיר מ׳ 66:1; but also שׁיר מ׳ לבני־קרח ψ 48:1, לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מ׳ שׁיר 87:1, שׁיר מ׳ לבני קרח לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … מַשְׂכִּיל לְהֵימָן הָאֶזְרָחִי 88:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ לבני־קרח מ׳ 47:1; 49:1; 85:1, למנצח … לבני־קרח מ׳ 84:1; further מ׳ לְאָסָף ψ 50:1; 73:1; 79:1; 82:1, שׁיר מ׳ לאסף 83:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … מ׳ לאסף שׁיר 75:1; 76:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … לאסף מ׳ 77:1; 80:1. \[Summary:—מ׳ in 34 ψψ with לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ, of wh. 23 have לדוד also, 5 לבני קרח also, 4 לאסף, and 2 no n.pr.; in addit., in 13 ψψ with לדוד, 2 with לבני קרח, 5 with לאסף; in only 3 without either n.pr. or title; מ׳ is preceded by שׁיר 5 times, and foll. by שִׁיר 8 times\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 57 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִזְמוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4210/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.1/)

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שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְאָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of Asaph

*JPS 1917:* A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

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[Psalms 108:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.108.1/)

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שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of David

*JPS 1917:* A Song, a Psalm of David.

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