Lexical Summary shir: to sing Original Word: שַׁירTransliteration: shir Phonetic Spelling: (sheer) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to sing Meaning: to sing Strong's Concordance beholdOr (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}; a primitive root (identical with shuwr through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing -- behold (by mistake for shuwr), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman). see HEBREW shuwr see HEBREW shuwr Brown-Driver-Briggs H7891. shir [שִׁיר]86 verb sing (denominative according to NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 537 Gerb172, but, if so, an old one); — Qal49 Perfect3masculine singular שָׁר Psalm 7:1; Imperfect3masculine singular יָשִׁיר Exodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17 (read יָשִׁר Job 33:27 for יָשִׁר, √II. שׁוּר, so SS Bu Gerber; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all modern); 3 feminine singular וַתָּ֫שַׁר Judges 5:1, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁירוּ Exodus 15:21 +; Infinitive construct לָשׁוּר 1 Samuel 18:6 Kt ( < Qr לָשִׁיר, so Bu; ᵐ5B omitted, compare Dr KitKau HPS Now); Participle שָׁר Proverbs 25:20; plural שָׁרִים 2 Samuel 19:36 +; feminine שָׁרוֺת 19:36 2t. + Amos 8:3 (read for שִׁירוֺת; see שִׁירָה); — sing, with accusative שִׁיר Isaiah 42:10; Psalm 33:3 5t.; שִׁירָה Exodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17 (E) Isaiah 5:1; ׳שׁ בשׁרים Proverbs 25:20; שִׁיּוֺן מִשִּׁיר Psalm 137:3; שׁגיון 7:1 (מזמור ᵐ5), תהלה 106:12; with accusative of theme 59:17; 89:2; absolute Judges 5:1; 1 Samuel 18:6; with לְ Psalm 13:6; 96:1; 96:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:23; Exodus 15:1, 21; Jeremiah 20:13; "" זמּר Psalm 68:5; 68:33; 101:1; 104:33; 105:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:9; Judges 5:3; + זמּר absolute Psalm 57:8 = 108:2 with accusative theme Psalm 21:14; with לְ person 27:6; of nature Psalm 65:14 (after החְרוֺעֵעַ); אנשׁים על Job 33:27 (see above); participle שָׁרִים singers 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Kings 10:12 6t. (Ezekiel 40:44 read ᵐ5 שְׁתַּיִם Hi Co modern); שָׁרוֺת songstresses 2 Samuel 19:36; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 2:8 + Amos 8:3 (see above). — Psalm 138:5 read וְיָשִׂיחוּ. Po`l.36 Perfect3masculine plural שֹׁרְרוּ Job 36:24; Imperfect3masculine singular יְשׁוֺרֵר Zephaniah 2:14; Participle מְשׁוֺרֵר 1 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Chronicles 29:28; plural מְשֹׁרְרִים Ezra 2:65 +, etc.; — sing: birds Zephaniah 2:14; men Job 36:24; elsewhere participle of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 6:18; 9:33 31t., + feminine plural Ezra 2:65 songstresses = Nehemiah 7:67. Hoph`al be sung: Imperfect הַזֶּה הַשִׁיר יוּשַׁר Isaiah 26:1 |