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zmr (a/a) vb. to sing
GDCDt
Gpəˁalto sing1 sense▶
1
to sing
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA, MidAr)
TgJ 2Sam22:50var.↗ וְלִשמָך אֵימַר"אזמר" תֻשבְחָא‏ ; EchR[1]11(15)↗ כל דזמר זימרא‏ ; P Lk7:32↗ ܙܡܲܪܢ ܠܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ܂ ܘܠܵܐ܂ ܪܲܩܸܕ݂ܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ‏ : we have sung to you but you have not danced ; ActsThom 176:4↗ ܡܢܗ ܙܡ݁ܪܐ‏ ; BT Sot 48a(48)↗ זמרן גברי ועניין נשי פריצותא זמרן נשי ועניין גברי כאש בנעורת‏ : (if ) men sing and women respond it is licentiousness. (If ) women sing and men respond it is like fire to tow ; GY 258:26↗ zmurlan mn zmarak šania : sing to us from your sublime song ; TgPs98:4↗ יביבו קדם ייי כל יתבי ארעא בועו ושבחו וזמרו‏
(1)
to make music
Syr
PsC 237:17 ܗܢܐ ܩܝܬܪܐ ܗܘ ܙ̇ܵܡܲܪ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܡܢܗ ܘܠܗ܂ ܟܕ ܐ̄ܢܫ ܠܐ ܢܵܩܹ݁ܫ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܒܗ‏ : this lyre would play music all by itself while a person was not plucking on it ; LawsCoun.10.7↗ ܟܢܪܐ ܕܐܚܪܝܢ ܗܘ ܙܡ݁ܪ ܒܗ‏ : a lyre with which someone else is making music
(2)
to speak out in poetic meter
Syr
SynagogueChurch 1↗ ܢܸܫܡܲܥ ܐܲܚ̈ܲܝ ܡܘ݁ܢ ܐܵܡܪ̈ܵܢ ܒܲܕܪ̈ܵܫܲܝܗܸܝܢ ܟܲܕ ܙܵܡܪ̈ܵܢ‏
Dpaˁˁelto sing, to praise2 senses▶
1
to sing, to praise
Syr, JBA, LJLA
P Ps18:50↗ ܘܠܫܡܟ ܐܙܡܪ‏ ; BT San 7a(27)↗ דבי דינא שקל גלימיה קא מזמר ואזיל באורחא‏ : the one whose cloak the court has taken is singing while going along the road ; PJ Gen50:1↗ ליואי במחלוקתהון לזמרא‏
(1)
specifically, to say psalms
Syr
Dalyatha 18:36↗ ܬܐ ܢܙ݁ܡܪ‏ : come let us sing psalms [=JDalBeulay 112:11]
(2)
to gossip (?)
LJLA
TgLam3:14↗ הויתי חוכא לכל פריצי עמי ומזמרן עלי כל יומא‏ : I became a joke to all the licentious ones of my people and they gossip about me the whole day ; TgLamYemWT 3:14↗ text not cited
2
to make music
LJLA
PJ Gen4:21↗ לזמרא בכינרא ואבובא‏ : to play the lyre and the pipe
Cˀafˁelto make to sing1 sense▶
to make to sing
Syr
JSB3 675:7↗ ܘܐܲܦܨܲܚ݂ ܐܢܘ݁ܢ ܘܐܲܙܡܲܪ ܐܢܘ݁ܢ‏ ; JSBhom 71day5 1811↗ ܡܸܚܕܐ ܕܲܦܪܲܚܘ ܡܸܢ ܓܲܘ ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܐܲܙܡܲܪ ܐܸܢܽܘܢ‏ : as soon as they flew out of the water He made them sing
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be sung1 sense▶
to be sung
Syr
ICor14:7↗ ܡܸܕܸ݁ܡ ܕ݁ܡܸܙܕ݁ܡܲܪ‏
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At 1CorHark 14:7 the syriac T stem is used corresponding to Greek αὐλούμενον, i.e., played on a flute, but there is little evidence to support that such is meant by the Syriac. Note that the NT Peshitta uses the same verb in the G stem in that passage.

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