1 Chronicles 16:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא אָ֣ז נָתַ֤ן דָּוִיד֙ בָּרֹ֔אשׁ לְהֹד֖וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה בְּיַד־אָסָ֖ף וְאֶחָֽיו׃ פ

Transliteration

In yôm [day] hahûʾ [that] ʾāz [then] nātan [gave/committed] dāwîd [David] bārōʾš [at the first/beginning] for yādâ [giving thanks] to YHWH [the LORD] by yad-ʾāsāp [hand of-Asaph] and his ʾaḥ [brothers].

Grammar Details

*nātan*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he gave/committed/appointed
*yādâ*: hiphil infinitive construct - to give thanks/praise
*hahûʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - that
*yôm*: singular noun - day
*bārōʾš*: preposition + definite article + singular noun - at the first/beginning/chief
*yad*: construct state - hand of
*ʾaḥ*: plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his brothers
*ʾāz*: adverb - then/at that time
*bĕ-* (prefix): preposition - in/on
*lĕ-* (prefix): preposition - for/to
*wĕ-* (prefix): conjunction - and

Word Meanings

*nātan*: give/commit/appoint
*yādâ*: give thanks/praise/confess
*rōʾš*: head/beginning/first
*yad*: hand/power/agency
*ʾāz*: then/at that time

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 22:1 : 1 And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Sam 23:1-2 : 1 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised on high saith, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel: 2 The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon my tongue.
2 Chr 29:30 : 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Neh 12:24 : 24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
Ps 12:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah; For the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Ps 18:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

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1 Chr 16:8-9
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8O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples.
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4And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel:
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Neh 12:46
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46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
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36Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.
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16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
1 Chr 25:1-2
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1Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:
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2 Sam 22:1
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1And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Chr 7:6
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Neh 11:17
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17and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Ps 18:49
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1 Chr 16:41
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Ps 26:7
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2 Chr 29:30
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2 Sam 22:50
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1 Chr 25:6
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Ps 75:1
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Neh 12:24
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Ps 116:17
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Ps 30:12
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Ps 149:1
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Ps 107:22
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2 Chr 29:26
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Ps 7:17
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1 Chr 13:8
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1 Chr 29:20
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