שִׁירָה

Biblical Hebrew

song — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

song tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שִׁירָה: n.f. song tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: song (6); the song (5); a song (1).

In the verses

Numbers 21:17 · tree →

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 —

Deuteronomy 31:30 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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