单词 | zemirah |
释义 | zemirahn. Judaism. Usually in plural (in form zemirot). A religious song or hymn typically in Hebrew or Aramaic; spec. (a) (in the Ashkenazi tradition) a song of praise or celebration sung during or after the Sabbath meal; (b) (in the Sephardi tradition) any of various psalms recited daily at the beginning of the morning service. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > mealtime > [noun] zemirah1767 1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 Antiquities 148/2 The Jews are said to have..their Zemiroth, verses of songs of thanksgiving, unto this day. 1831 Ascamot, or Laws & Regulations Jewish Congregation vii. 52 If these three Misvot as well as the Misva of saying the Zemirot, shall have been given..it shall not be given to any other. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto II. xviii. 82 When supper was over grace was chanted, and then the Zemiroth were sung—songs summing up, in light and jingling metre, the very essence of holy joyousness. 1949 Proc. Amer. Acad. Jewish Res. 18 255 A survey of the morning service for week days..indicates that these particular rites contain two groups of Pesuke de-Zimra or Zemirot. 1955 Notes 12 634/2 The Sabbath hymns, or z'miroth, lyrical exaltations of thankfulness to God for his wonders and kindness to the children of Israel. 1969 C. Bermant Troubled Eden xvi. 213 A man might drop in at any time of the day..to pray..talk of this and that, and, on a festive occasion, sing a zemirah (religious song). 1993 J. M. Cohen Blessed are You (1997) vi. 81 An exception is made in the case of the two Aramaic prayers..and the Aramaic Zemirah (Sabbath table hymn), Yah Ribon, which are endowed with an accompanying translation. 2002 Jewish Hist. 16 220 A sabbath evening in Jerusalem..when shabbat zmirot segued effortlessly into Broadway show tunes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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