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

[Sholom Simon via Mesorah]

At 08:13 PM 3/22/2017, Zev Sero via Mesorah wrote:
>On 22/03/17 19:57, elazar teitz via Mesorah wrote:
>>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.
>
>Then there's the  (I believe) deliberately ambiguous "azamer 
>bishvochin", which sounds like it means "I will sing", but as I 
>understand it is intended in the sense of "I will prune".

Deliberately ambiguous indeed.  The Chabad siddur's English 
translation of that phrase is: "I will cut away [the forces of evil] 
with songs of praise..."

-- Sholom