shir denotes vocal song, whether offered to the LORD, performed in public celebration, or associated with singers and songs.

The supplied verses show a single broad use for vocal song: it is directed to the LORD in praise and thanksgiving, performed by identified singers with instruments, and heard in settings of celebration, lament, and remembered songs.

1. Vocal song in praise and public performance · dominant

   In Exodus 15:21, the APB renders Miriam's address after the horse and rider are thrown into the sea as “Sing to the LORD”; Psalm 104:33 similarly voices an ongoing resolve to sing to the LORD. The same activity is also attached to public performers: in 1 Chronicles 15:16 the APB describes singers raising their voices with harps, lyres, and cymbals, while 2 Chronicles 35:25 places male and female singers in laments for Josiah. Psalm 137:3 and Psalm 137:4 frame the activity as a demanded and questioned song in a foreign land.

   Exodus 15:21Psalm 104:331 Chronicles 15:162 Chronicles 35:25Psalm 137:3Psalm 137:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the activity with “sing” or “singers,” and in some contexts speaks of “songs,” “praise,” or musical performance. Because its English is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the verse contexts without assigning each English expression exclusively to the lemma.