What does שִׁיר · עֶגֶב mean in the Bible?
שִׁיר · עֶגֶב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "song of loves or passionate song".
Hebrew · H7892, H5690
שִׁיר עֲגָבִים
A song ; abstractly, singing · love (concretely), i.e. amative words
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Words in this compound — expand to study each participant
שִׁיר H7892 a song ; abstractly, singing
עֶגֶב H5690 love (concretely), i.e. amative words
What does שִׁיר עֲגָבִים (shir agavim) mean in the Bible?
שִׁיר · עֶגֶב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "song of loves or passionate song".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7892, H5690?
H7892, H5690 is connected to 93 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. song of loves or passionate song
Strong's H7892, H5690
Lexical occurrences 93 verses Source Gloss
song of loves or passionate song
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שִׁיר עֲגָבִים is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain