זָמַר (zāmar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning make music. It appears
45 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2167).
Also rendered
to sing
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 558)
Range of meaning (TWOT 558)make music; touch, play, music, celebrate; give praise, sing forth praises, psalms
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
זמרverb: make music
only Piel make music in praise of God
Strong's H2167זָמַר: properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music KJV:give praise, sing forth praises, psalms.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.