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title: שִׁיר — sing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁיר (7891), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 87 times: sing. BDB 1906: vb. sing Pōʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁיר

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«שִׁיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sing** — 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:** 87 times · **Key:** 7891 · **BDB:** שִׁיר²

### Glosses

singers (31); sing (16); I.will.sing (11)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7891/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sing Pōʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7891/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sing (denom. according to NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 537 Gerb172, but, if so, an old one);— Pf. 3 ms. שָׁר ψ 7:1; Impf. 3 ms. יָשִׁיר Ex 15:1 Nu 21:17 (read יָשִׁר Jb 33:27 for יָשׁר, √ II. שׁוּר, so SS Bu Gerb; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all mod.); 3 fs. וַתָּ֫שַׁר Ju 5:1, etc.; Imv. mpl. שִׁירוּ Ex 15:21 +; Inf. cstr. לָשׁוּר 1 S 18:6 Kt (לָשִׁיר, so Bu; 𝔊B om., cf. Dr KitKau HPS Now); Pt. שָׁר Pr 25:20; pl. שָׁרִים 2 S 19:36 +; f. שָׁרוֹת 2 S 19:36 + 2 times + Am 8:3 (read for שִׁירוֹת; v. שִׁירָה);—sing, c. acc. שִׁיר Is 42:10 ψ 33:3 + 5 times; שִׁירָה Ex 15:1; Nu 21:17 (E) Is 5:1; שׁ׳ בשׁרים Pr 25:20; מִשִּׁיר צִיּוֹן ψ 137:3; שׁגיון 7:1 (𝔊 מזמור), תהלה 106:12; c. acc. of theme 59:17; 89:2; abs. Ju 5:1; 1 S 18:6; c. לְ ψ 13:6; 96:1, 2 = 1 Ch 16:23, Ex 15:1, 21; Je 20:13; ‖ זמּר ψ 68:5, 33; 101:1; 104:33; 105:2 = 1 Ch 16:9; Ju 5:3; + זמּר abs. ψ 57:8 = 108:2; c. acc. theme 21:14; c. לְ pers. 27:6; of nature 65:14 (after הַתְרוֹעֵעַ); על אנשׁים Jb 33:27 (v. supra); pt. שָׁרִים singers 2 S 19:36 1 K 10:12 + 6 times (Ez 40:44 read שְׁתַּיִם 𝔊 Hi Co mod.); שָׁרוֹת songstresses 2 S 19:36; 2 Ch 35:25; Ec 2:8 + Am 8:3 (v. supra).—ψ 138:5 read וְיָשִׂיחוּ. Pōʿl.36 Pf. 3 mpl. שֹׁרְרוּ Jb 36:24; Impf. 3 ms. יְשׁוֹרֵר Zp 2:14; Pt. מְשׁוֹרֵר 1 Ch 6:18; 2 Ch 29:28; pl. מְשֹׁרְרִים Ezr 2:65 +, etc.;—sing: birds Zp 2:14; men Jb 36:24; elsewhere pt. of Levitical singers 1 Ch 6:18; 9:33 + 31 times, + fpl. Ezr 2:65 songstresses = Ne 7:67. be sung: Impf. יוּשַׁר הַשִׁיר הַזֶּה Is 26:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 44 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (22 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7891/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.41/)

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הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים בְּנֵ֣י אָסָ֔ף מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* the singers the.descendants of.Asaph one.hundred twenty and eight

*JPS 1917:* The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.

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[Nehemiah 7:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.44/)

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הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים בְּנֵ֣י אָסָ֔ף מֵאָ֖ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the singers the.descendants of.Asaph one.hundred forty and eight

*JPS 1917:* The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.

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