The source of “Zamru le’Malkaynu Zamayru” is Psalm 47. The translation is “Sing to our King, sing.”
In the Mahzor, the High Holy Day prayer book, the psalm praises G-d, our King, and is said just before the first blowing of the shofar (ram’s horn) on Rosh Hashanah.
Since zayin is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, a theme inspired by Rosh Hashanah is appropriate because the High Holy Days come in the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. The psalm exhorts us to sing praises to our G-d and King, to sing with “a voice of triumph” and ‘with sweet melody.”
Here the stem of the zayin suggests the shofar. It is topped by the crown of the King. Behind the crown is a
seven-branched menorah. In the upper right corner is a shin for Shaddai (our G-d). A chai appears in one of the spaces of the shin. A singing bird is placed next to the crown. Other birds appear in the piece. The border consists of undulating and organic forms to connote growth and life.