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שיר
shir
Phonetics · shir
Song, poem; a unisex name.
Register: casual · formalPart of speech: noun (m.) / proper nounHebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Root ש.י.ר ("sing")
"Song, poem" — Shir ha-Shirim (Song of Songs) and a modern unisex name.
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