Lexical Definition

‎שִׁיר‎ shîyr (sheer) to sing ^H:V
or (the original form) שׁוּר shûwr (shoor); (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with ‎שׁוּר‎ through the idea of strolling minstrelsy)

behold (by mistake for ‎שׁוּר‎), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).

• to sing

1) to sing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sing
1a2) singer, songstresses (participle)
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to sing
1b2) singer, songstress (participle)
1c) (Hophal) to be sung
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In Job 36:24, the word is translated "Behold"; in modern versions, it is translated "Sing". The old translations considered the Hebrew word to be from a different root than שׁוּר hence the difference in the translations.

See Greek: ᾄδω · ᾄδω · αἰνέω · ἄρχω · ἄρχων · θέλημα · φωνέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שִׁיר‎]₈₆ verb sing (denominative according to Nö^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 537} Gerb¹⁷², but, if so, an old one); —

Qal₄₉ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שָׁר‎ Ps 7:1* Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָשִׁיר‎ Exod 15:1; Num 21:17 (read ‎יָשִׁר‎ Job 33:27 for ‎יָשִׁר‎, √II. ‎שׁוּר‎, so SS Bu Gerber; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all modern); 3 feminine singular ‎וַתָּ֫שַׁר‎ Judg 5:1, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎שִׁירוּ‎ Exod 15:21 +; Infinitive construct ‎לָשׁוּר‎ 1Sam 18:6 Kt ( < Qr ‎לָשִׁיר‎, so Bu; ᵐ5^B omitted, compare Dr Kit^Kau HPS Now); Participle ‎שָׁר‎ Prov 25:20 plural ‎שָׁרִים‎ 2Sam 19:36* +; feminine ‎שָׁרוֺת‎ 2Sam 19:36* + 2 t. + Amos 8:3 (read for ‎שִׁירוֺת‎; see ‎שִׁירָה‎); — sing, with accusative ‎שִׁיר‎ Isa 42:10; Ps 33:3 + 5 t.; ‎שִׁירָה‎ Exod 15:1; Num 21:17 (E) Isa 5:1 ‎בשׁרים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 25:20 ‎מִשִּׁיר שִׁיּוֺן‎ Ps 137:3 ‎שׁגיון‎ Ps 7:1* (ᵐ5 ‎מזמור‎), ‎תהלה‎ Ps 106:12 with accusative of theme Ps 59:17*; Ps 89:2* absolute Judg 5:1; 1Sam 18:6 with ‎לְ‎ Ps 13:6*; Ps 96:1; Ps 96:2 = 1Chr 16:23; Exod 15:1; Exod 15:21; Jer 20:13 || ‎זמּר‎ Ps 68:5*; Ps 68:33*; Ps 101:1; Ps 104:33; Ps 105:2 = 1Chr 16:9; Judg 5:3 + ‎זמּר‎ absolute Ps 57:8* = Ps 108:2* with accusative theme Ps 21:14* with ‎לְ‎ person Ps 27:6 of nature Ps 65:14* (after ‎החְרוֺעֵעַ‎); ‎על אנשׁים‎ Job 33:27 (see above); participle ‎שָׁרִים‎ singers 2Sam 19:36*; 1Kgs 10:12 + 6 t. (Ezek 40:44 read ‎שְׁתַּיִם‎ ᵐ5 Hi Co modern); ‎שָׁרוֺת‎ songstresses 2Sam 19:36*; 2Chr 35:25; Eccl 2:8 + Amos 8:3 (see above). — Ps 138:5 read ‎וְיָשִׂיחוּ‎. Po`l.<sub>36</sub> Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎שֹׁרְרוּ‎ Job 36:24 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְשׁוֺרֵר‎ Zeph 2:14 Participle ‎מְשׁוֺרֵר‎ 1Chr 6:18*; 2Chr 29:28 plural ‎מְשֹׁרְרִים‎ Ezra 2:65 +, etc.; — sing: birds Zeph 2:14 men Job 36:24 elsewhere participle of Levitical singers 1Chr 6:18*; 1Chr 9:33 + 31 t., + feminine plural Ezra 2:65 songstresses = Neh 7:67. Hoph`al be sung: Imperfect ‎יוּשַׁר הַשִׁיר הַזֶּה‎ Isa 26:1

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