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Strong's #2167 - זָמַר
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- to sing, sing praise, make music
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- to make music, sing
- to play a musical instrument
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2124) rmz (זמר ZMR) AC: Pluck CO: Music AB: Melody: The sound from a musical instrument where the string is plucked or the singing that accompanies it. Also, the plucking of fruit from a vine or branch. [from: rn- music as bright]
V) rmz (זמר ZMR) - Pluck: To make music by plucking an instrument or plucking fruit. KJV (48): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) praise, sing, prune - Strongs: H2167 (זָמַר), H2168 (זָמַר)
Nm) rmz (זמר ZMR) - I. Music: II. Musician:[Aramaic only] III. Zemer:An unknown animal. KJV (6): musick, singer, chamois - Strongs: H2169 (זֶמֶר), H2170 (זְמָר), H2171 (זַמָּר)
Nf1) ermz (זמרה ZMRH) - I. Melody:As plucked on an musical instrument. A song set to music. II. Choice fruit:As plucked from the tree or vine. KJV (5): melody, psalm, fruit - Strongs: H2172 (זִמְרָה), H2173 (זִמְרָה)
af1) ermzm (מזמרה MZMRH) - Pruninghook: For plucking fruit from trees or vines or trimming candle wicks. KJV (4): pruninghook - Strongs: H4211 (מַזְמֵרָה)
bm) rimz (זמיר ZMYR) - I. Music: II. Plucking:KJV (1): song, psalmist, branch - Strongs: H2158 (זְמִרָה), H2159 (זָמִיר)
bf1) erimz (זמירה ZMYRH) - Music: KJV (6): singing - Strongs: H2158 (זְמִרָה)
cf1) erfmz (זמורה ZMWRH) - Vine: From where grapes are plucked. KJV (5): branch, slip - Strongs: H2156 (זְמֹר)
ef2) trmiz (זימרת ZYMRT) - Music: KJV (3): song - Strongs: H2176 (זִמְרָת)
kf1) ermzm (מזמרה MZMRH) - Snuffer: KJV (5): snuffer - Strongs: H4212 (מְזַמֶּרֶת)
hcm) rfmzm (מזמור MZMWR) - Melody: As plucked on an musical instrument. A song set to music. KJV (57): psalm - Strongs: H4210 (מִזְמוֹר)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Pi`el make music in praise of God (׳י), only in poetry (Arabic pipe, play on a reed; Aramaic , זַמֵּר and derivatives; Ethiopic in derived conjugations; on an original meaning hum, murmur, compare Hup ZKM iii, (1840) 394ff. iv, 139 ff. Id Psalm. Einl. § 7,2 De4 on Psalm 3) — Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יְזַמֶּרְךָ Psalm 30:13; 1 singular אֲזַמֵּר Judges 5:3; 2 Samuel 22:50; (וַ)אֲזַמְּרָה Psalm 7:18 7t., אֲזַמֵּ֑רָה Psalm 18:50 3t.; suffix אֲזַמֶּרְךָ Psalm 57:10; Psalm 108:4, אֲזַמְּרֶ֑ךָּ Psalm 131:1; 3 masculine plural יְזַמְּרוּ Psalm 66:4; Psalm 149:3; וִיזַמְּרוּ Psalm 66:4; 1 plural נְזַמְּרָה Psalm 21:14; Imperative masculine plural זַמְּרוּ Psalm 9:12 14t., זַמֵּ֑רוּ Psalm 47:7 (twice in verse); Infinitive לְזַמֵּר Psalm 92:2, זַמְּרָה Psalm 147:1; — make music, melody (only Psalm , except Judges 5:3; Isaiah 12:5); —
1 of singing to (ל) God (Yahweh) Judges 5:3; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 101:1; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 105:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:9 (all "" שׁיר verb), Psalm 9:12; Psalm 30:5 (both "" הוֺדוּ), Psalm 47:7 (לְמַלְכֵּנוּ), Psalm 66:4; Psalm 71:23 (with תְּרַנֵּנָּה שְׂפָתַי), Psalm 75:10 ("" הגיד), Psalm 146:2 ("" הלל); followed by אֶלִֿ Psalm 59:18; to his name לשׁם, Psalm 18:50 = 2 Samuel 22:50 ("" אודך), Psalm 92:2 ("" לְהֹדוֺת), Psalm 135:3 ("" הללויה); followed by suffix = sing thee, praise thee in song Psalm 30:13; Psalm 57:10; Psalm 108:4; Psalm 138:1 (all "" אודך); followed by acc ׳י Isaiah 12:5, אלהים Psalm 47:7, אלהינו Psalm 147:1, אדני Psalm 68:33 ("" שׁירו), followed by שְׁמוֺ Psalm 7:18 ("" אודה), Psalm 9:3; Psalm 61:9; Psalm 66:4; Psalm 68:5 ("" שׁידו); followed by כְּבוֺד שְׁמוֺ Psalm 66:2, גבורתך Psalm 21:14 ("" נשׁירה); followed by accusative of the Song of Solomon , מַשְׂכִּיל Psalm 47:8 (see ׳מ below שׂכל); absolute Psalm 57:8 ("" אשׁירה), Psalm 98:4 ("" הָרִיעוּ, מִּצְחוּ, רַנְַנוּ), Psalm 108:2 ("" אשׁירה; instrumental accompare Psalm 108:3; compare also Psalm 108:4 above), Psalm 47:7 (twice in verse).
2 of playing musical instrumentsבְּנֵבֶל עָשׂוֺר זַמְּרוּלֿוֺ Psalm 33:2 ("" בְּכִנּוֺר׳הודו לי), compare Psalm 144:9 ("" אשׁירה); אזמרהלך בכנור Psalm 71:22 ("" אודך בִכְלִינֶֿבֶל); בכנ֑֑ור בכנור׳לי ׳זוקול זמרה Psalm 98:5; בכנור׳לא ׳ז Psalm 147:7 ("" בתודה׳ענו לי); בְּתֹף וכנור יזמרולֿו Psalm 149:3 ("" יהללו שׁמו בְּמָחוֺל).
[זְמָר] noun [masculine] music (compare Biblical Hebrew I. [זָמַר]); — emphatic זְמָרָא Daniel 3:5,7,10,15.
זָמַר [“properly it would seem “to pluck”], to prune, especially the vine, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:4. Hence מְזַמֶּרֶת snuffers. (Arab. زبر to prune a vine, the letters מ and ב being interchanged).
Niphal pass. Isaiah 5:6.
Piel זִמֵּר
(1) to sing, properly (as has been well observed by Albert Schultens and Bishop Lowth), to cut off the discourse or sentence, or song; to express a song divided according to rhythmical numbers, (compare قَِريضُ a song, properly a discourse divided, from قرض to cut, to cut off. Arab. زَمَرَ I. and II.; Syr. ܙܡܰܪ and ܙܰܡܪܶ; Eth. Conj. II. id.). Followed by a dative of the person whom the song celebrates, Judges 5:3; Psalms 9:12, 30:5 47:7 and an acc. Psalms 47:7, 66:2 68:5, 33 Psalms 68:33.
(2) to play on a musical instrument [or to sing so accompanied], ψάλλειν. Psalms 33:2, 71:22.
(3) to dance (Arabic زمر), which is also done according to rhythmical numbers, and is connected with singing and music (comp. צָחַק and שָׂחַק). Hence זֶמֶר. [It may be questioned whether זִמֵּר ever really meant to dance; this signification seems to be merely imagined in order to connect זֶמֶר with its root.]
Derivatives, זָמִיר, זְמִיר, זְמוֹרָה, מִזְמוֹר, מַזְמֵרָה, מְזַמֶּרֶת and also those which immediately follow.
זְמָר [emph. זְמָרָא] m. Chald. music of instruments, Daniel 3:5,, 10, 15.