1 Chronicles 15:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And David spake 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.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Chronicles 15:1617 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִיד֮dāwiyd
DavidnounH1732
לְ/שָׂרֵ֣יləśārēy
captainpronH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הַ/לְוִיִּם֒haləwiyim
LeviiteparticleH3881
לְ/הַֽעֲמִ֗ידləhaʿămiyd
abidepronH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲחֵי/הֶם֙ʾăḥēyhem
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
הַ/מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔יםhaməšōrəriym
behold (by mistake forparticleH7891
בִּ/כְלֵיbikəlēy
armourpronH3627
artillery · bag · carriage · furnish ···
שִׁ֛ירšiyr
musicalnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
נְבָלִ֥יםnəbāliym
bottlenounH5035
pitcher · psaltery · vessel · viol
וְ/כִנֹּר֖וֹתwəkinōrwōt
harpconjH3658
וּ/מְצִלְתָּ֑יִםwməṣilətāyim
cymbalsconjH4700
מַשְׁמִיעִ֥יםmašəmiyʿiym
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
לְ/הָרִֽיםləhāriym
bring uppronH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
בְּ/ק֖וֹלbəqwōl
bleatingpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
לְ/שִׂמְחָֽהləśiməḥāh
gladnesspronH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.