Shir denotes a musical composition or vocal piece used in celebration, praise, address, and other public settings.

The attested usage denotes a musical composition or vocal piece, whether performed in communal celebration and praise, addressed to the LORD, used at a departure, or invoked as an image of attractive but unheeded speech.

1. Musical composition or vocal piece · dominant

   The noun names voiced musical material in varied settings: in 1 Chronicles 13:8 the APB renders Israel's celebration as being accompanied by “songs” and instruments, while in 2 Chronicles 29:27 it renders the beginning of the offering with “the song to the LORD” and trumpets. It also occurs for a farewell celebration in Genesis 31:27, a commanded new praise in Isaiah 42:10, and an attractive comparison in Ezekiel 33:32, where the APB renders a “lovely song with a beautiful voice and pleasing music.”

   1 Chronicles 13:82 Chronicles 29:27Genesis 31:27Isaiah 42:10Judges 5:12Ezekiel 33:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the noun as “song” or “songs,” including “a new song” and “the song to the LORD.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the verse-level musical context without assigning every English wording directly to the Hebrew term.