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Gematria of Song

7 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “song” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 1,621 times between them in the twenty-four books. Hebrew and English do not answer one another word for word, so every candidate is here and none of them is called the translation.

Hebrew equivalents
7
Occurrences
1,621
Distinct values
7

The 7 Hebrew words rendered “song”

The count beside each word is every form of it the twenty-four books use — inflected, and with its prefixes — as the morphology tags them. The link under each row opens the search on the dictionary spelling alone, which is a different question and usually a smaller number, and it says so.

דָּבָרdâbâr×1,442 in the TanakhH1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

Standard 206 →Gadol 206Katan 8Siduri (ordinal) 26Atbash 403Perati 40,020Milui 1,356

First appearance ·Genesis 11:1בראשית יא:אוּדְבָרִים

See all 798 occurrences of the spelling דבר →

שִׁירshîyr×90 in the TanakhH7892

a song; abstractly, singing

Standard 510 →Gadol 510Katan 6Siduri (ordinal) 51Atbash 45Perati 130,100Milui 890

First appearance ·Genesis 31:27בראשית לא:כזוּבְשִׁרִים

See all 52 occurrences of the spelling שיר →

מַשָּׂאmassâʼ×65 in the TanakhH4853

a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire

Standard 341 →Gadol 341Katan 8Siduri (ordinal) 35Atbash 412Perati 91,601Milui 551

First appearance ·Exodus 23:5שמות כג:המַשָּׂאוֹ

See all 40 occurrences of the spelling משא →

נְגִינָהnᵉgîynâh×14 in the TanakhH5058

properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram

Standard 118 →Gadol 118Katan 19Siduri (ordinal) 46Atbash 348Perati 5,134Milui 321

First appearance ·Isaiah 38:20ישעיהו לח:כוּנְגִנוֹתַי

זָמִירzâmîyr×6 in the TanakhH2158

a song to be accompanied with instrumental music

Standard 257 →Gadol 257Katan 14Siduri (ordinal) 50Atbash 123Perati 41,749Milui 677

First appearance ·2 Samuel 23:1שמואל ב כג:אזְמִרוֹת

See the one occurrence of the spelling זמיר →

זִמְרָתzimrâth×3 in the TanakhH2176

instrumental music; by implication, praise

Standard 647 →Gadol 647Katan 17Siduri (ordinal) 62Atbash 84Perati 201,649Milui 1,073

First appearance ·Exodus 15:2שמות טו:בוְזִמְרָת

See the one occurrence of the spelling זמרת →

רֹןrôn×1 in the TanakhH7438

a shout (of deliverance)

Standard 250 →Gadol 900Katan 7Siduri (ordinal) 34Atbash 12Perati 42,500Milui 616

First appearance ·Psalms 32:7תהלים לב:זרָנֵּי

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Quick answers

What is the gematria of song?

The Tanakh renders “song” with 7 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: דבר = 206, שיר = 510, משא = 341, and 4 more.

How do you say song in Hebrew?

The Tanakh uses 7 Hebrew words for “song”; the most frequent are דבר (dâbâr), 1,442 times; שיר (shîyr), 90 times; משא (massâʼ), 65 times. Every one is listed on this page.

The Hebrew words on this page and their English senses come from our Hebrew lexicon, credited on the About page. Every value, every count and every reference is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment this page is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it.