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# זָמַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2167

**trim** — used 45 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/1494/2167/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָמַר: vb. trim, prune [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2167/#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, 0 of its verses cited, 0 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: I will sing praises (11); sing praises (11); make music (4).

## In the verses

[Psalms 47:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.47.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.47.7/#tree)

זַמְּר֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים זַמֵּ֑רוּ זַמְּר֖וּ לְמַלְכֵּ֣נוּ זַמֵּֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* sing.praises.to God sing.praises sing.praises to king our sing.praises

*JPS 1917:* Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

[Psalms 47:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.47.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.47.8/#tree)

כִּ֤י מֶ֖לֶךְ כָּל־הָאָ֥רֶץ אֱלֹהִ֗ים זַמְּר֥וּ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].the.king of.all the earth God sing.praises a.poem

*JPS 1917:* For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises in a skilful song.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2167.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2167/): 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).