ז־מ־ר

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The "singing" sense is from Proto-Semitic *zamar-. Compare Arabic ز م ر (z-m-r).

Root

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ז־מ־ר (z-m-r)

  1. Related to singing.
  2. Related to pruning, cutting.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ז־מ־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • ז־מ־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989) Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 166–167
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 85