Shîyr — H7891

Definition

verb

to sing

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
2. In Job 36:24, the 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 H07788 hence the difference in the translations.

Usually translated as

sing, singer, behold, singing man, singing woman

Origin

or (the original form) shûwr; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of minstrelsy)

• Shûwr (H7788)

Greek equivalents

• áidō (G103)
• ainéō (G134)
• árchō (G757)
• árchōn (G758)
• thélēma (G2307)
• phōnéō (G5455)

Occurrences

Shîyr occurs 85 times in 77 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Numbers (1), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (8), Ezra (5), Nehemiah (16), Psalms (25), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Exodus 15:1 — Then sang (יָשִֽׁיר) Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Exodus 15:1 — Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing (אָשִׁ֤ירָה) unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Exodus 15:21 — And Miriam answered them, Sing (שִׁ֤ירוּ) ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Numbers 21:17 — Then Israel sang (יָשִׁ֣יר) this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
• Judges 5:1 — Then sang (וַתָּ֣שַׁר) Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
• Judges 5:3 — Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing (אָשִׁ֔ירָה) unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
• 1 Samuel 18:6 — And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing (לָשִׁ֣יר) and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
• 2 Samuel 19:35 — I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men (שָׁרִ֣ים) and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
• 2 Samuel 19:35 — I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women (וְשָׁר֑וֹת)? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
• 1 Kings 10:12 — And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers (לַשָּׁרִ֑ים): there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
• 1 Chronicles 6:33 — And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer (הַמְשׁוֹרֵ֔ר), the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
• 1 Chronicles 9:33 — And these are the singers (הַ֠מְשֹׁרְרִים), chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
• 1 Chronicles 15:16 — And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers (הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים) with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
• 1 Chronicles 15:19 — So the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים), Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
• 1 Chronicles 15:27 — And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים), and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
• 1 Chronicles 15:27 — And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers (הַמְשֹֽׁרְרִ֑ים): David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
• 1 Chronicles 16:9 — Sing (שִׁ֤ירוּ) unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
• 1 Chronicles 16:23 — Sing (שִׁ֤ירוּ) unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
• 2 Chronicles 5:12 — Also the Levites which were the singers (הַמְשֹׁרֲרִ֣ים), all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
• 2 Chronicles 5:13 — It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers (וְלַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֜ים) were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
• 2 Chronicles 9:11 — And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers (לַשָּׁרִ֑ים): and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 20:21 — And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers (מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙) unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
• 2 Chronicles 23:13 — And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers (וְהַמְשֽׁוֹרֲרִים֙) with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
• 2 Chronicles 29:28 — And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang (מְשׁוֹרֵ֔ר), and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
• 2 Chronicles 35:15 — And the singers (וְהַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֨ים) the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
• 2 Chronicles 35:25 — And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men (הַשָּׁרִ֣ים) and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• 2 Chronicles 35:25 — And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women (וְ֠הַשָּׁרוֹת) spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• Ezra 2:41 — The singers (הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים): the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
• Ezra 2:65 — Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men (מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים) and singing women.
• Ezra 2:65 — Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women (וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת).
• Ezra 2:70 — So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים), and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
• Ezra 7:7 — And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים), and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
• Ezra 10:24 — Of the singers (הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים) also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
• Nehemiah 7:1 — Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים) and the Levites were appointed,
• Nehemiah 7:44 — The singers (הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים): the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
• Nehemiah 7:67 — Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing (מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙) men and singing women.
• Nehemiah 7:67 — Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing (וּמְשֹׁ֣רֲר֔וֹת) women.
• Nehemiah 7:73 — So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֨ים), and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
• Nehemiah 10:28 — And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers (הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֜ים), the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
• Nehemiah 10:39 — For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים): and we will not forsake the house of our God.
• Nehemiah 11:22 — The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers (הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים) were over the business of the house of God.
• Nehemiah 11:23 — For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers (הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים), due for every day.
• Nehemiah 12:28 — And the sons of the singers (הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים) gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
• Nehemiah 12:29 — Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers (הַמְשֹׁ֣רֲרִ֔ים) had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 12:42 — And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers (הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים) sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
• Nehemiah 12:45 — And both the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים) and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
• Nehemiah 12:46 — For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers (הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים), and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
• Nehemiah 12:47 — And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers (הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים) and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
• Nehemiah 13:5 — And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים), and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
• Nehemiah 13:10 — And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers (וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים), that did the work, were fled every one to his field.