שיר

Possibly from Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃), a Sumerian sign meaning “song” or “festival”, also used in Akkadian as a logogram for zamārum (“to sing”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiːr/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiːr/ [ˈʃiːʀ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃir/ [ˈʃiːr]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃir/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃir/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiʁ/

שִׁיר • (shir) m (plural indefinite שִׁירִים, singular construct שִׁיר־, plural construct שִׁירֵי־)

1. (music) song

   מה השיר האהוב עליך?

   ma ha shir ha ahúv alékha?

   What's your favorite song?

2. a poem

• שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (shir hashirím)
• שִׁיר עֶרֶשׂ (shir éres)

• H7892 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

שְׁיָר • (shyár) m

1. defective spelling of שייר

• שרי

From Hebrew שִׁיר (shir, “poem, song”).

• (Northeastern, Poylish) IPA^(key): [ʃɪʁ]

שיר • (shir) m, plural שירים (shirem)

1. song

• ליד (lid), זינגליד (zinglid)
• זאַנג (zang)
• שירה (shire)