STRONGS NUMBER H7891


Word Summary
shir: to sing
Original Word: שַׁיר
Transliteration: shir
Phonetic Spelling: (sheer)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sing
Meaning: to sing
Strong's Concordance
behold

Or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}; a primitive root (identical with shuwr through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing -- behold (by mistake for shuwr), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman).

see HEBREW shuwr

see HEBREW shuwr

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7891. shir

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

Qal49 Perfect3masculine singular שָׁרPsalm 7:1; Imperfect3masculine singular יָשִׁירExodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17 (read יָשִׁרJob 33:27 for יָשִׁר‎, √II. שׁוּר‎, so SS Bu Gerber; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all modern); 3 feminine singular וַתָּ֫שַׁרJudges 5:1, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁירוּExodus 15:21 +; Infinitive construct לָשׁוּר1 Samuel 18:6 Kt ( < Qr לָשִׁיר‎, so Bu; ᵐ5B omitted, compare Dr KitKau HPS Now); Participle שָׁרProverbs 25:20; plural שָׁרִים2 Samuel 19:36 +; feminine שָׁרוֺת19:36 2t. + Amos 8:3 (read for שִׁירוֺת‎; see שִׁירָה‎); — sing, with accusative שִׁירIsaiah 42:10; Psalm 33:3 5t.; שִׁירָהExodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17 (E) Isaiah 5:1; ׳שׁ בשׁריםProverbs 25:20; שִׁיּוֺן מִשִּׁירPsalm 137:3; שׁגיון7:1 (מזמור ᵐ5‎), תהלה106:12; with accusative of theme 59:17; 89:2; absolute Judges 5:1; 1 Samuel 18:6; with לְPsalm 13:6; 96:1; 96:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:23; Exodus 15:1, 21; Jeremiah 20:13; "" זמּרPsalm 68:5; 68:33; 101:1; 104:33; 105:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:9; Judges 5:3; + זמּר‎ absolute Psalm 57:8 = 108:2 with accusative theme Psalm 21:14; with לְ‎ person 27:6; of nature Psalm 65:14 (after החְרוֺעֵעַ‎); אנשׁים עלJob 33:27 (see above); participle שָׁרִיםsingers 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Kings 10:12 6t. (Ezekiel 40:44 read ᵐ5 שְׁתַּיִם‎ Hi Co modern); שָׁרוֺתsongstresses 2 Samuel 19:36; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 2:8 + Amos 8:3 (see above). — Psalm 138:5 read וְיָשִׂיחוּ‎.

Po`l.36 Perfect3masculine plural שֹׁרְרוּJob 36:24; Imperfect3masculine singular יְשׁוֺרֵרZephaniah 2:14; Participle מְשׁוֺרֵר1 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Chronicles 29:28; plural מְשֹׁרְרִיםEzra 2:65 +, etc.; — sing: birds Zephaniah 2:14; men Job 36:24; elsewhere participle of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 6:18; 9:33 31t., + feminine plural Ezra 2:65 songstresses = Nehemiah 7:67.

Hoph`al be sung: Imperfect הַזֶּה הַשִׁיר יוּשַׁרIsaiah 26:1