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# זִמְרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2176

**melody** — used 3 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

melody [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2176/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זִמְרָה: n.f. melody, song [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2176/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. melody, song, in praise of י׳—abs. ז׳ ψ 81:3 + 2 times; זִמְרָת Ex 15:2 ψ 118:14 Is 12:2, read זִמְרָתִ(י) (v. Di Ex SS); cstr. זִמְרַת Am 5:23, on Gn 43:11 v. infr.;— of instrumental music וְזִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ Am 5:23 (‖ המון שִׁריך). of singing תּוֹדָה וקול ז׳ Is 51:3; as subject of song עֻזִּי וְזִמְרָתִי יָהּ (so read) Ex 15:2 Is 12:2 ψ 118:14. not clearly determined שְׂאוּ־ז׳ וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כנור נעים עם־נָֽבֶל׃ ψ 81:3; בכנור וקול ז׳ 98:5 (cf. III. זמר ad fin.).—On מִזִּמְרַת הארץ Gn 43:11 v. ii. זמרה infr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: strength (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 118:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.14/#tree)

עָזִּ֣י וְזִמְרָ֣ת יָ֑הּ וַֽיְהִי־לִ֝י֗ לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* might \[is\].my and strength Yahweh and he.has.become for me (into) salvation

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is my strength and song; and He is become my salvation.

[Isaiah 12:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.2/#tree)

הִנֵּ֨ה אֵ֧ל יְשׁוּעָתִ֛י אֶבְטַ֖ח וְלֹ֣א אֶפְחָ֑ד כִּֽי־עָזִּ֤י וְזִמְרָת֙ יָ֣הּ יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיְהִי־לִ֖י לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* here! God salvation \[is\].my I.will.trust and not I.will.be.in.dread (dm) might \[is\].my and strength Yahweh Yahweh and he.has.become my (into) salvation

*JPS 1917:* Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for GOD the LORD is my strength and song; and He is become my salvation.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2176/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).