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zmr, zmrˀ (zammār, zammārā) n.m. singer
1
singer
Common Aramaic
KohR[1]7:3(9)↗ זמרין וזמרתא‏ : male and female singers ; LawsCoun.50.10↗ ܪ̈ܩܕܐ ܘܙܡܪ̈ܐ ܘܦܘ̈ܐܛܐ݂‏
(1)
musician
CPA, Syr, LJLA
P Mt9:23↗ ܚܙܵܐ ܙܲܡܵܪܸܐ̈ ܘܟ݂ܸܢܫܸܐ̈ ܕ݁ܡܸܫܬ݁ܲܓ݂ܫܼܝܢ‏ : he saw minstrels and crowds carousing ; TgQoh2:8↗ וקתרוסין ואבובין לזמרא בהום זמריא וזמרייתא בבית משתי חמרא‏ : lyres and pipes for the male and female musicians to play on in the wine-drinking house
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psalmist
Syr
SE2 106:25 ܡܓܕܦܢ ܕܝܢ ܙܡܪܐ ܘܣܓܝ ܡܪܚ‏ : then the psalmist is a blasphemer and very bold
2
lyre (?)
Sam
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As with the verb zmr there is no clear distinction between singing and making music in Aramaic.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 387[200]DJPA: 179aJastrow: 405Drower/Macuch: 159bPayne-Smith ~: 1136J. Payne-Smith: 118Levy Ch-W: 1:224Tal Sam: 234DNWSI: 332DCPA[Schulthess]: 111[56]Qumran: 72

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