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Lexicon :: Strong's H7891 - šîr

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שִׁיר
Transliteration
šîr
Pronunciation
sheer
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [identical with שׁוּר (H7788) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy]
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TWOT Reference: 2378

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or (the original form) שׁוּר shûwr; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing:—behold (by mistake for H7789), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H7891 in the following manner: sing (41x), singer (37x), singing men (4x), singing women (4x), behold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H7891 in the following manner: sing (41x), singer (37x), singing men (4x), singing women (4x), behold (1x).

  1. to sing

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sing

      2. singer, songstresses (participle)

    2. (Polel)

      1. to sing

      2. singer, songstress (participle)

    3. (Hophal) to be sung

      In Job 36:24, this 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 H7788 hence the difference in the translations. (Cf. Gill on Job 36:24)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or (the original form) שׁוּר shûwr; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing:—behold (by mistake for H7789), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).
STRONGS H7891: Abbreviations
† [שִׁיר]86 verb sing (denominative according to NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 537 Gerb172, but, if so, an old one); —
Qal49 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׁר Psalm 7:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשִׁיר Exodus 15:1; Numbers 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); 3rd person feminine singular וַתָּ֫שַׁר Judges 5:1, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁירוּ Exodus 15:21 +; Infinitive construct לָשׁוּר 1 Samuel 18:6 Kt (< Qr לָשִׁיר, so Bu; Greek Version of the LXXB omitted, compare Dr KitKau HPS Now); Participle שָׁר Proverbs 25:20; plural שָׁרִים 2 Samuel 19:36 +; feminine שָׁרוֺת 2 Samuel 19:36 + 2 times + Amos 8:3 (read for שִׁירוֺת; see שִׁירָה); — sing, with accusative שִׁיר Isaiah 42:10; Psalm 33:3 + 5 times; שִׁירָה Exodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17 (E) Isaiah 5:1; בשׁרים שׁ׳ Proverbs 25:20; מִשִּׁיר שִׁיּוֺן Psalm 137:3; שׁגיון Psalm 7:1 (Greek Version of the LXX מזמור), תהלה Psalm 106:12; with accusative of theme Psalm 59:17; Psalm 89:2; absolute Judges 5:1; 1 Samuel 18:6; with לְ Psalm 13:6; Psalm 96:1; Psalm 96:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:23; Exodus 15:1, 21; Jeremiah 20:13; || זמּר Psalm 68:5; Psalm 68:33; Psalm 101:1; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 105:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:9; Judges 5:3; + זמּר absolute Psalm 57:8 = Psalm 108:2 with accusative theme Psalm 21:14; with לְ person Psalm 27:6; of nature Psalm 65:14 (after החְרוֺעֵעַ); על אנשׁים Job 33:27 (see above); participle שָׁרִים singers 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Kings 10:12 + 6 times (Ezekiel 40:44 read שְׁתַּיִם Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co modern); שָׁרוֺת songstresses 2 Samuel 19:36; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 2:8 + Amos 8:3 (see above). — Psalm 138:5 read וְיָשִׂיחוּ.
Po`l.36 Perfect 3rd person masculine plural שֹׁרְרוּ Job 36:24; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשׁוֺרֵר Zephaniah 2:14; Participle מְשׁוֺרֵר 1 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Chronicles 29:28; plural מְשֹׁרְרִים Ezra 2:65 +, etc.; — sing: birds Zephaniah 2:14; men Job 36:24; elsewhere participle of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 9:33 + 31 times, + feminine plural Ezra 2:65 songstresses = Nehemiah 7:67.
† Hoph. be sung: Imperfect יוּשַׁר הַשִׁיר הַזֶּה Isaiah 26:1
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:1; 15:1; 15:1; 15:21; 15:21

Numbers

21:17; 21:17

Judges

5:1; 5:1; 5:3

1 Samuel

18:6; 18:6

2 Samuel

19:36; 19:36; 19:36; 19:36

1 Kings

10:12

1 Chronicles

6:18; 6:18; 9:33; 16:9; 16:23

2 Chronicles

29:28; 35:25

Ezra

2:65; 2:65

Nehemiah

7:67

Job

33:27; 33:27; 36:24; 36:24

Psalms

7:1; 7:1; 13:6; 27:6; 33:3; 57:8; 59:17; 68:5; 68:33; 89:2; 96:1; 96:2; 101:1; 104:33; 105:2; 106:12; 108:2; 137:3; 138:5

Proverbs

25:20; 25:20

Ecclesiastes

2:8

Isaiah

5:1; 26:1; 42:10

Jeremiah

20:13

Ezekiel

40:44

Amos

8:3; 8:3

Zephaniah

2:14; 2:14

H7891

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Strong's Number H7891 matches the Hebrew שִׁיר (šîr),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now it happened when the wall was rebuilt and I had made the doors to stand, and the gatekeepers and the singers H7891 and the Levites were appointed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:44

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The singers H7891:

the sons of Asaph, 148.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:67

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besides their male and their female slaves, [fn]of whom there were 7,337;

and they had 245 male and female singers H7891.

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So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers H7891, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.

Then the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.

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Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers H7891, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters—all those who had knowledge and understanding,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary are there, as well as the priests who are ministering and the gatekeepers and the singers H7891. Thus we will not forsake the house of our God.

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Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers H7891 [fn]over the work of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song H7891 leaders H7891 day by day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:28 - So the sons of the singers H7891 were gathered from the district around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers H7891 had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:42

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and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer.

And the singers H7891 made their voices heard, with Jezrahiah their overseer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And they kept their responsibility given by their God and the responsibility of cleansing, together with the singers H7891 and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were [fn]chiefs of the singers H7891, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah were giving the portions due the singers H7891 and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the holy portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the holy portion for the sons of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared a large [fn]room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, and the tithes of grain, also new wine and oil commanded for the Levites, the singers H7891, and the gatekeepers, as well as the [fn]contributions for the priests.

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I also came to know that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so the Levites and the singers H7891 who did the work had fled, each to his own field.

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