Lexical Definition

‎שִׁיר‎ shîyr (sheer) song ^H:N-M
or feminine שִׁירָה shîyrâh (shee-raw'); from ‎שִׁיר‎

musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.

• a song
• abstractly, singing

n m
1) song
1a) lyric song
1b) religious song
1c) song of Levitical choirs
n f
2) song
2a) song, ode

See Greek: μουσικός · ὑμνέω · ὕμνος · ψαλμός · ᾠδή

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׁיר‎₇₇ noun masculine song (Late Hebrew id.; so Eccl 40:21 +); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Judg 5:12 +, construct 2Chr 29:27 +; suffix ‎שִׁירִי‎ Ps 28:7, etc.; plural ‎שִׁירִים‎ 1Chr 13:8; Song 1:1 ‎שִׁרִים‎ Gen 31:27; Prov 25:20 suffix ‎שִׁרֶ֫יךָ‎ Amos 5:23, etc.; —

1. lyric song, + ‎מָשָׁל‎ 1Kgs 5:12*, opposed to ‎קִינָה‎ Amos 8:10 joyous Gen 31:27 (J) Isa 30:29 ‎עגבים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ezek 33:32 triumphal Judg 5:12 love song Song 1:1 (twice in verse) (title ‎שִׁיר‎ ‎הַשִּׁירִים‎), Ps 45:1* (‎שִׁיר יְדִידֹת‎); noisy Amos 5:23; Ezek 26:13, in drunken revels Isa 24:9, compare Isa 23:16 ‎כסילים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Eccl 7:5 not for sorrow Prov 25:20; Ps 137:3 (twice in verse); ‎בְּנוֺת‎ ‎הַשִּׁיר‎ Eccl 12:4 songstresses (probably birds).

2. religious song, in worship, || ‎תפלה‎ Ps 42:9* usually praise, ‎הלל בשׁיר‎ Ps 69:31* ‎מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ‎ Ps 28:7 ‎שִׁרִ‎ ‎תְּהִלָּה וְהוֺדוֺת‎ Neh 12:46 ‎׳‎‎שׁיר י‎ Ps 137:4; 2Chr 29:27 ‎שׁיר חדשׁ‎ Isa 42:10 (fresh outburst), + 6 t., see ‎חָדָשׁ‎; in Psalm-titles, ‎שׁיר‎ Isa 46:1, compare Isa 26:1 ‎שׁיר המעלות‎ pilgrim songs Ps 120:1 + 14 t. (see II. ‎מַעִַלָה‎ p.752); with ‎מִמְוֺר‎ Ps 48:1* + 12 t. (see ‎׳‎‎מִז‎ p. 274); ‎מַשְׁכִּיל שִׁיר‎ Ps 45:1* (‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ originally alone in all except Ps 30:1*; Ps 92:1*; Ps 108:1*, see Br^{JBL xviii (1899), 138}).

3. specifically song of Levitical choirs, with musical accompare, 1Chr 6:16*; 1Chr 6:17*; 1Chr 13:8 (so read also || 2Sam 6:5 for ‎בְּרוֺשִׁים‎, ᵐ5 Th and modern, compare ‎׳‎‎ב‎), 1Chr 25:6; 1Chr 25:7; 2Chr 23:18; 2Chr 29:28; Neh 12:27 ‎כלי (ה)שׁיר‎ instrument to accompany song 1Chr 15:16 + 6 t. (see ‎כְּלִי‎ 2 b); compare Amos 6:5.

‎שִׁירָה‎ noun feminine song (plural ‎ירות‎[‎שׁ‎] Eccl 39:15); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Exod 15:1 + 9 t.; construct ‎שִׁירַת‎ Isa 5:1; Isa 23:15 plural construct ‎שִׁירוֺת‎ Amos 8:3 (read ‎שָׁרוֺת‎ ᵐ5 Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883)} We and others); — song, ode, Exod 15:1 (E), 2Sam 22:1 = Ps 18:1*; Deut 31:19 (twice in verse); Deut 31:21; Deut 31:22; Deut 31:30; Deut 32:44; Num 21:17 (E) Isa 5:1; Isa 23:15.

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