Lexicon
מִזְמוֹר
miz.mor
H4210
H:N-M Hebrew

melody

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miz.mor identifies a psalmic musical composition, attached to texts of praise, prayer, lament, and proclamation.

The term consistently marks a psalmic musical composition rather than distinguishing separate kinds of content: the compositions may introduce thanksgiving, praise, prayer, distress, or proclamation. The supplied occurrences all use the noun in the masculine singular absolute form.

Senses in use

  1. Designation of a psalmic musical composition · dominant

    The noun accompanies varied psalm openings without showing a separate lexical use: in Psalm 100:1 the APB renders a composition "for thanksgiving," while Psalm 101:1 introduces singing of kindness and justice. In Psalm 51:1 it precedes a plea for mercy, Psalm 79:1 a lament over a defiled temple, and Psalm 110:1 an utterance addressed to David's lord; the term therefore identifies the composition across these differing contents. Psalm 66:1 places "A song" and "A melody" together in the APB, confirming its use in a musical-compositional setting.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB often presents the term as "A melody" or "a melody of" in psalm openings, including Psalm 23:1 and Psalm 73:1. Some supplied verses do not visibly retain that wording, so the translation does not isolate the term consistently or word-for-word.

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