Hebrew Interlinear
1 Chronicles 15:16 Interlinear
“spake And David to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick psalteries and harps and cymbals sounding by lifting up the voice with joy”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | H559 | spake | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | דָּוִיד֮ | H1732 | And David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 3 | לְשָׂרֵ֣י | H8269 | to the chief | a head person (of any rank or class) |
| 4 | הַלְוִיִּם֒ | H3881 | of the Levites | a levite or descendant of levi |
| 5 | לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד | H5975 | to appoint | to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) |
| 6 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 7 | אֲחֵיהֶם֙ | H251 | their brethren | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 8 | הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים | H7891 | to be the singers | to sing |
| 9 | בִּכְלֵי | H3627 | with instruments | something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) |
| 10 | שִׁ֛יר | H7892 | of musick | a song; abstractly, singing |
| 11 | נְבָלִ֥ים | H5035 | psalteries | a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); also a lyre (as having a body of like form) |
| 12 | וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת | H3658 | and harps | a harp |
| 13 | וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם | H4700 | and cymbals | (only dual) double tinklers, i.e., cymbals |
| 14 | מַשְׁמִיעִ֥ים | H8085 | sounding | to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) |
| 15 | לְהָרִֽים | H7311 | by lifting up | to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) |
| 16 | בְּק֖וֹל | H6963 | the voice | a voice or sound |
| 17 | לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ | H8057 | with joy | blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival) |
Verse Context
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