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šīr שִׁיר ‘to sing’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root (identical with šūr שׁוּר ‘to travel’ through the idea of strolling minstrelsy)
Roots: שׁור

šīr v
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

Mentioned in Exodus 15:1, 15:21 Numbers 21:17 Judges 5:1, 5:3 1 Samuel 18:6 2 Samuel 19:36 1 Kings 10:12 Isaiah 42:10, 26:1, 5:1 Jeremiah 20:13 Ezekiel 40:44 Zephaniah 2:14 Psalms 137:4, 68:33, 27:6, 68:26, 57:8, 68:5, 104:33, 108:2, 144:9, 89:2, 106:12, 59:17, 65:14, 96:1, 7:1, 96:2, 21:14, 138:5, 13:6, 137:3, 101:1, 149:1, 105:2, 98:1, 33:3, 87:7 Proverbs 25:20 Job 36:24 Ecclesiastes 2:8 Ezra 10:24, 7:7, 2:65, 2:41, 2:70 Nehemiah 12:47, 13:10, 10:29, 10:40, 7:67, 11:22, 12:45, 12:46, 12:42, 11:23, 12:28, 7:44, 7:1, 13:5, 7:72, 12:29 1 Chronicles 9:33, 15:16, 15:19, 16:23, 6:18, 15:27, 16:9 2 Chronicles 5:12, 35:15, 5:13, 20:21, 9:11, 23:13, 35:25, 29:28

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