Zimri

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
4/16/2019, 9:13 PM	Mike C	update #103
7/11/2018, 11:16 AM	Mike C	update #100
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	update #99
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	update #93
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]

Scripts זִםְרִי(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈzɪm.ɹi/(English) /ˈzɪm.ɹaɪ̯/(English)

Meaning & History

Probably means "my music" in Hebrew, a possessive form of זִםְרָה (zimra) meaning "music, song". This was the name of a king of Israel according to the Old Testament. He ruled for only seven days, when he was succeeded by the commander of the army Omri. Another Zimri in the Old Testament was the the lover of the Midianite woman Cozbi.