Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ז־מ־ר (z-m-r)

Compare Arabic مِزْمَار (mizmār, mizmar), Ge'ez መዝሙር (mäzmur, psalm).

Noun

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מִזְמוֹר (mizmórm (plural indefinite מִזְמוֹרִים, plural construct מִזְמוֹרֵי־)

  1. a psalm (sacred song) or (hymn collected into one book of the Hebrew Bible)
    • Tanach, Psalms 3:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד בְּבָרְחוֹ מִפְּנֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנוֹ׃
      A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

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