שירה
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שִׁירָה • (shirá) f (plural indefinite שִׁירוֹת, singular construct שִׁירַת־) [pattern: קְטִילָה]
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שִׁירָה • (shíra) f
- a female given name, Shira
Noun edit
שַׁיָּרָה • (shayará) f (plural indefinite שַׁיָּרוֹת, singular construct שַׁיָּרַת־)
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שירה • (shire) m, plural שירים (shirem)
- a song
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German schir (“immediate, quick”) (adv. schire), Old High German skeri (“sharp, acute, quick, rapid”). See more on German schier.
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- שיר (shir)
Adverb edit
שירה • (shire)
- (archaic, obsolete) soon, quickly
- 16th century ca., “Almekhtiger got”:
- אַלמעכטיגער גאָט נון בוי דײַן טעמפל שירה, אַלזאָ שיר, און אַלזאָ באַלד, אין אונדזערן טאָגן שירה.
- almekhtiger got nun boy dayn templ shire, alzo shir, un alzo bald, in undzern togn shire.
- Almighty god, build now your temple quickly, both quickly and soon, in our days quickly.