šir [SING]

(150 instances)

šir [SING] (150x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šir3 "a song; to sing" Akk. zamāru; zamāru ša pitni

[1] cuneiform EZEN šir3
+ -0 (96x/64%); -re (25x/17%); -ra (23x/15%); -ra2 (6x/4%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 1 6 138

22 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a song (150x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur šir3 OB Nippur Lu 587; [[šir3]] = [si-ir] = EZEN = za-ma-rum OB Aa 757:1; [[šir3]] = = = şa-ra-hu-um OB Aa 757:2; [[šir3]] = = = ši-iţ-ru-um OB Aa 757:4. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[šir3]] = = EZEN = za-ma-rum MSL 09, 124-137 x 682. unknown/Ur III/Umma ka i7-damar-dsuen-ke4-gar gu2-bi šer3-ra2 UTI 5, 3456 2; [... 3(u)] 7(diš) guruš ša3-gu4 gi šer3-ra2 UTI 5, 3459 3; 4(u) 6(diš) guruš gi šer3-ra2 UTI 5, 3459 4; i7-ur-sag10 šer3-ra2 UTI 5, 3487 4; gi#-zi šer3-ra2 UTI 5, 3487 2; u4 6(diš)-še3 ma2 la2-a geš-a šer3-ra2 UTI 6, 3632 4.

See: lu šir.

2. to sing

Akk. zamāru "to sing (of)"; zamāru ša pitni "to play an instrument".

See ETCSL: šir3=song; šir3-šir3=to sing.

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