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שִׁיר

Transliteration shiyr		Pronunciation shēr (Key)
Part of Speech verb		Root Word (Etymology) A primitive root [identical with שׁוּר (H7788) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy]
TWOT Reference 2378

1) to sing

a) (Qal)

1) to sing

2) singer, songstresses (participle)

b) (Polel)

1) to sing

2) singer, songstress (participle)

c) (Hophal) to be sung

In Job 36:24, this 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 07788 hence the difference in the translations. (Cf. Gill on Job 36:24)

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Strong's Number H7891 matches the Hebrew שִׁיר (shiyr), which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in 1Ch of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (1Ch 6:33 - 1Ch 16:23)
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1Ch 6:33	And these [are] they that waited ⁵⁹⁷⁵ with their children ¹¹²¹. Of the sons ¹¹²¹ of the Kohathites ⁶⁹⁵⁶: Heman ¹⁹⁶⁸ a singer⁷⁸⁹¹ , the son ¹¹²¹ of Joel ³¹⁰⁰, the son ¹¹²¹ of Shemuel ⁸⁰⁵⁰,
1Ch 9:33	And these [are] the singers⁷⁸⁹¹ , chief ⁷²¹⁸ of the fathers ¹ of the Levites ³⁸⁸¹, [who remaining] in the chambers ³⁹⁵⁷ [were] free ⁶³⁶² ⁶³⁵⁹: for they were employed in [that] work ⁴³⁹⁹ day ³¹¹⁹ and night ³⁹¹⁵.
1Ch 15:16	And David ¹⁷³² spake ⁵⁵⁹ to the chief ⁸²⁶⁹ of the Levites ³⁸⁸¹ to appoint ⁵⁹⁷⁵ their brethren ²⁵¹ [to be] the singers⁷⁸⁹¹ with instruments ³⁶²⁷ of musick ⁷⁸⁹², psalteries ⁵⁰³⁵ and harps ³⁶⁵⁸ and cymbals ⁴⁷⁰⁰, sounding ⁸⁰⁸⁵ , by lifting up ⁷³¹¹ the voice ⁶⁹⁶³ with joy ⁸⁰⁵⁷.
1Ch 15:19	So the singers⁷⁸⁹¹ , Heman ¹⁹⁶⁸, Asaph ⁶²³, and Ethan ³⁸⁷, [were appointed] to sound ⁸⁰⁸⁵ with cymbals ⁴⁷⁰⁰ of brass ⁵¹⁷⁸;
1Ch 15:27	And David ¹⁷³² [was] clothed ³⁷³⁶ with a robe ⁴⁵⁹⁸ of fine linen ⁹⁴⁸, and all the Levites ³⁸⁸¹ that bare ⁵³⁷⁵ the ark ⁷²⁷, and the singers⁷⁸⁹¹ , and Chenaniah ³⁶⁶³ the master ⁸²⁶⁹ of the song ⁴⁸⁵³ with the singers⁷⁸⁹¹ : David ¹⁷³² also [had] upon him an ephod ⁶⁴⁶ of linen ⁹⁰⁶.
1Ch 16:9	Sing⁷⁸⁹¹ unto him, sing psalms ²¹⁶⁷ unto him, talk ⁷⁸⁷⁸ ye of all his wondrous ⁶³⁸¹ works.
1Ch 16:23	Sing⁷⁸⁹¹ unto the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸, all the earth ⁷⁷⁶; shew forth ¹³¹⁹ from day ³¹¹⁷ to day ³¹¹⁷ his salvation ³⁴⁴⁴.

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