zim.rah denotes musical expression heard as a voice with instruments, in celebration or in a rejected song-clamor.

The attested use is musical expression: it is heard as a voice alongside thanksgiving and the lyre, occurs in a feast setting with a trumpet, and can name the song-clamor that is rejected.

1. Musical expression in song and instruments · dominant

   In Isaiah 51:3 the absolute form occurs in the clause where the APB renders “thanksgiving and the voice of melody”; in Psalm 98:5 it is heard with the lyre and a voice. In Amos 5:23 the construct form stands in a clause the APB renders “the crowd of your song,” followed by refusal to hear the harp; Psalm 81:3 places the absolute form in the feast command to blow the trumpet.

   Amos 5:23Isaiah 51:3Psalm 81:3Psalm 98:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “melody” in Isaiah 51:3 and Psalm 98:5, while Amos 5:23 renders the surrounding clause as “the crowd of your song.” In Psalm 81:3 it gives the trumpet command without an identifiable English counterpart for the term.