Zumarra, Mizmar and the Semitic root Z-M-R

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Dec 2, 2021 at 14:06

Dr. Pipes,

Very interesting.

There is a Semitic root ز-م-ر and ܙ-ܡ-ܪ in Syriac/Aramaic (compare with Hebrew זַמָּר Zammar) and it is related to music/singing and in Arabic زمارة also مزمار means: "pipe or flute like instrument made of cane or wood."

Notice that the Aramaic ܙܡܪܐ mean: singer, musician, psalmist.

Check the following:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DC%99%DC%A1%DC%AA%DC%90

https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9/

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