שִׁירshîyr

sing

Pronunciation: sheer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7891

Meanings

Qal: sing (Psalms 7:1; Exodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17)

Hoph`al: be sung (Isaiah 26:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 87 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.
  • Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.”
  • Numbers 21:17 There the Israelites sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Yes, sing its praises!
  • Judges 5:1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
  • Judges 5:3 “Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you mighty rulers! For I will sing to the Lord. I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • 1 Samuel 18:6 When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).