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Nehemiah 12:46 Interlinear

“ For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God”

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Nehemiah 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	בִימֵ֥י	H3117	For in the days	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
3	דָוִ֛יד	H1732	of David	david, the youngest son of jesse
4	וְאָסָ֖ף	H623	and Asaph	asaph, the name of three israelites, and of the family of the first
5	מִקֶּ֑דֶם	H6924	of old	the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
6	רָאשֵׁ֙	H7218	there were chief	the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
7	הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים	H7891	of the singers	to sing
8	וְשִׁיר	H7892	and songs	a song; abstractly, singing
9	תְּהִלָּ֥ה	H8416	of praise	laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
10	וְהֹד֖וֹת	H3034	and thanksgiving	physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha
11	לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃	H430	unto God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

Nehemiah 12:46 (current) For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God