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title: שִׁירָה — song · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁירָה (lemma:שִׁירָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: song. BDB 1906: n.f. song. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁירָה

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«שִׁירָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **song** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** lemma:שִׁירָה · **BDB:** שִׁירָה

### Glosses

song (6); the.song (5); a.song (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

song [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b4_5c1_5d9_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. song [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b4_5c1_5d9_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. song (pl. \[שׁ\]ירות Ecclus 39:15);—abs. שׁ׳ Ex 15:1 + 9 times; cstr. שִׁירַת Is 5:1; 23:15; pl. cstr. שִׁירוֹת Am 8:3 (read שָׁרוֹת 𝔊 HoffmZAW iii (1883) We al.);—song, ode, Ex 15:1 (E), 2 S 22:1 = ψ 18:1, Dt 31:19(×2), 21, 22, 30; 32:44; Nu 21:17 (E) Is 5:1; 23:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁירָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b4_5c1_5d9_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 21:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.17/)

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אָ֚ז יָשִׁ֣יר יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־הַשִּׁירָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את עֲלִ֥י בְאֵ֖ר עֱנוּ־לָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then it.sang Israel (et) the song (the) this spring.up O.well sing of it

*JPS 1917:* Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —

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[Deuteronomy 31:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.31.30/)

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וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֗ה בְּאָזְנֵי֙ כָּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַשִּׁירָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את עַ֖ד תֻּמָּֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.spoke Moses in the.ears of.all the.assembly of.Israel (et) the.words of the.song (the) this until they were.complete

*JPS 1917:* And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished:

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