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# זָמַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2168

**trim** — 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

trim [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2168/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָמַר: vb. trim, prune [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2168/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. trim, prune (NH id.; relation to √ I. obscure)— Impf. 2 ms. תִּזְמֹר Lv 25:3, 4 of pruning a vineyard (כֶּרֶם; H). Impf. יִזָּמֵר Is 5:6 be pruned, subj. כֶּרֶם (‖ יֵעָדֵר).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you will prune (2); it will be pruned (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 25:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.3/#tree)

שֵׁ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ תִּזְרַ֣ע שָׂדֶ֔ךָ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְמֹ֣ר כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* six years you.will.sow field your and six years you.will.prune vineyard your and you.will.gather (et) produce its

*JPS 1917:* Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

[Leviticus 25:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.4/#tree)

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ת שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָאָ֔רֶץ שַׁבָּ֖ת לַיהוָ֑ה שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִזְמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and in the year (the) seventh a.sabbath of.sabbath.observance it.will.belong to the land a.sabbath to Yahweh field your not you.will.sow and vineyard your not you.will.prune

*JPS 1917:* But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2168.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2168/): 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).