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shirah

shirah noun: praise to god in the form of song.

Noun

shirah (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) Praise to god in the form of song
    • It is a day similar in solemnity to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur when shirah ("praise") is not offered, as the Musaf service on Rosh Hodesh reads, Zeman kapparah lekhol toldotam ("a time for forgiveness throughout their generations").1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 229
    • Israel will imitate the angels by saying the shirah of the angels.2001, Max Kadushin, Worship and Ethics: A Study in Rabbinic Judaism, Global Academic Publishing, →ISBN, page 149

Proper noun capitalized: Shirah

Shirah (plural Shirahs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of shirah

pluralShirahs

Questions about shirah

What does shirah mean?
Shirah means praise to god in the form of song.
What part of speech is shirah?
Shirah can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near shirah in the dictionary

  1. Shiqi
  2. Shiqian
  3. Shiquan
  4. shir
  5. Shira
  6. shirah
  7. Shirahs
  8. Shirak
  9. shirakashi
  10. Shirakawa
  11. Shirakawas

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