שִׁיר
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7892
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
song tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
שִׁיר: n.m. song tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. song (NH id.; so Ecclus 40:21 +);—שׁ׳ abs. Ju 5;12 +, cstr. 2 Ch 29:27 +; sf. שִׁירִי ψ 28:7, etc.; pl. שִׁירִים 1 Ch 13:8; Ct 1:1; שִׁרִים Gn 31:27; Pr 25:20; sf. שִׁרֶ֫יךָ Am 5:23, etc.;— lyric song, + מָשָׁל 1 K 5:12, opp. קִינָה Am 8:10; joyous Gn 31:27 (J) Is 30:29; שׁ׳ עגבים Ez 33:32; triumphal Ju 5:12; love song Ct 1:1(×2) (title שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), ψ 45:1 (שִׁיר יְדִידֹת); noisy Am 5:23 Ez 26:13, in drunken revels Is 24:9, cf. 23:16; שׁ׳ כסילים Ec 7:5; not for sorrow Pr 25:20 ψ 137:3(×2); בְּנוֹת הַשִּׁיר Ec 12:4 songstresses (prob. birds). religious song, in worship, ‖ תפלה ψ 42:9; usually praise, הלל בשׁיר 69:31; מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֹדֶנּוּ 28:7; שִׁיר תְּהִלָּה וְהוֹדוֹת Ne 12:46; שׁיר י׳ ψ 137:4 2 Ch 29:27; שׁיר חדשׁ Is 42:10 (fresh outburst), + 6 times, v. חָדָשׁ; in ψ-titles, שׁיר 46:1, cf. Is 26:1; שׁיר המעלות pilgrim songs ψ 120:1 + 14 times (v. ii. מַעֲלָה p. 752); c. מִזְמוֹר ψ 48:1 + 12 times (v. מִז׳ p. 274); מַשְׂכִּיל שִׁיר 45:1; (שׁ׳ orig. alone in all except 30:1; 92:1; 108:1, v. BrJBL xviii (1899), 138). specif. song of Levitical choirs, with musical accomp., 1 Ch 6:16, 17; 13:8 (so read also ‖ 2 S 6:5 for בְּרוֹשִׁים, 𝔊 Th and mod., cf. ב׳), 25:6, 7; 2 Ch 23:18; 29:28 Ne 12:27; כלי (ה)שׁיר instrument to accompany song 1 Ch 15:16 + 6 times (v. כְּלִי 2 b); cf. Am 6:5.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (23 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (19 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a song (25); the song (18); song (16).
In the verses
שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְאָסָֽף׃
Word for word: a.song a.psalm of Asaph
JPS 1917: A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃
Word for word: a.song a.psalm of David
JPS 1917: A Song, a Psalm of David.
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