STRONGS NUMBER H2158


Word Summary
zamir: song
Original Word: זָמִיר
Transliteration: zamir
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-meer')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: song
Meaning: a song
Strong's Concordance
psalmist, singing, song

Or zamir {zaw-meer'}; and (feminine) zmirah {zem-ee-raw'}; from zamar; a song to be accompanied with instrumental music -- psalm(-ist), singing, song.

see HEBREW zamar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2158. zamir

I. [זָמִיר‎] noun masculineIsaiah 25:5 song (compare BaNB 136) — construct זְמִיר25:5; plural absolute זְמִרוֺתJob 35:10 2t., זְמִרֹתIsaiah 24:16; construct זְמִרוֺת2 Samuel 23:1; — song ישׂראל זְמִרוֺת נְעִים23:1 in epithet of David; Job 35:10; Isaiah 24:16; of (hostile) Songs of triumph עָרִיצִים זְמִיר25:5 ("" זָרִים שְׁאוֺן‎); song in praise of לוֺ נָרִיעָה בִּזְמִרוֺת ׳יPsalm 95:2 ("" תודה‎), compare ׳ז חֻקֶּיךָ לי היו119:54, i.e. they are the subject of my song. — On Song of Solomon 2:12 see II. זמיר‎ below II. זמר‎.