[Mesorah] L'Mircham Olay (in B'rich Shmeih)

[elazar teitz via Mesorah]

While it is certainly true that "z'mira" means pruning, it also means a
song -- Even Shoshan lists it as the singular form of "z'mirot."  I believe
the word is the word used when referring to a particular one of the z'mirot
on Shabbos; e.g., one asks, "Which z'mira shall we sing?"    It was this
sense of "z'mira" which RSeth Mandel used.

On the other hand, I believe that "zimra" does not mean "*a* song;" rather,
it is the collective "song," rather than a specific one.  It would have
been incorrect in the quote cited.  If one does not wish to use "z'mira" in
that quote, the alternative in current-day Hebrew is not "zimra,' but
"zemer."

EMT

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Ira L. Jacobson via Mesorah <
mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

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> *At 05:57 PM 20-03-17 +0000, Mandel, Seth via Mesorah stated the
> following: *
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> However, knowledge of Aramaic was almost nonexistant even among Rabbonim
> in the Medieval Period (and also nowadays), and Jews mixed up all sorts of
> form.  Look at the z'mira,
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> In normal usage, *zimra *= song; *zemira *= pruning.
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