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
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִיד֮dāwiyd
DavidnounH1732
לְ/שָׂרֵ֣יləśārēy
to the leaders ofpronH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הַ/לְוִיִּם֒haləwiyim
the LevitesparticleH3881
לְ/הַֽעֲמִ֗ידləhaʿămiyd
to appointpronH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲחֵי/הֶם֙ʾăḥēyhem
relatives theirnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
הַ/מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔יםhaməšōrəriym
the singersparticleH7891
בִּ/כְלֵיbikəlēy
with instruments ofpronH3627
artillery · bag · carriage · furnish ···
שִׁ֛ירšiyr
songnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
נְבָלִ֥יםnəbāliym
lyresnounH5035
pitcher · psaltery · vessel · viol
וְ/כִנֹּר֖וֹתwəkinōrwōt
and harpsconjH3658
וּ/מְצִלְתָּ֑יִםwməṣilətāyim
and cymbalsconjH4700
מַשְׁמִיעִ֥יםmašəmiyʿiym
sounding aloudverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
לְ/הָרִֽיםləhāriym
to raisepronH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
בְּ/ק֖וֹלbəqwōl
a soundpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
לְ/שִׂמְחָֽהləśiməḥāh
of joypronH8057
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.
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