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# זִמְרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2172

**melody** — used 4 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/1494/2172/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זִמְרָה: n.f. melody, song [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2172/#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, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of music (2); music (1); the music (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 81:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.3/#tree)

שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃

*Word for word:* lift.up music and beat a.tambourine a.harp pleasant with a.lyre

*JPS 1917:* Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

[Psalms 98:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.5/#tree)

זַמְּר֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר וְק֣וֹל זִמְרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* make.music to Yahweh with a.harp with a.harp and.\[the\] sound of.music

*JPS 1917:* Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the voice of melody.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2172/): 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).