2 Samuel 6:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all manner of [instruments made of] fir-wood, {H6086} and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדָוִ֣ד ׀ וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מְשַֽׂחֲקִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל עֲצֵ֣י בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים וּבְכִנֹּר֤וֹת וּבִנְבָלִים֙ וּבְתֻפִּ֔ים וּבִמְנַֽעַנְעִ֖ים וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-Dāwid and-all-bêt Yiśrāʾēl məśaḥăqîm before YHWH with-all ʿăṣê bərôšîm and-with-kinnōrôt and-with-nəbālîm and-with-tuppîm and-with-mənaʿanəʿîm and-with-ṣelṣelîm.

Grammar Details

• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *məśaḥăqîm*: Piel participle masculine plural - playing/celebrating/dancing
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ʿăṣê*: masculine plural construct - woods/instruments of
• *bərôšîm*: masculine plural - cypress/fir
• *kinnōrôt*: feminine plural with prefix - harps/lyres
• *nəbālîm*: masculine plural with prefix - harps/lutes
• *tuppîm*: masculine plural with prefix - tambourines/timbrels
• *mənaʿanəʿîm*: Pilpel participle masculine plural with prefix - sistrums/rattles
• *ṣelṣelîm*: masculine plural with prefix - cymbals

Word Meanings

• *məśaḥăqîm*: playing/celebrating/dancing/making merry
• *ʿăṣê bərôšîm*: instruments of cypress/fir wood instruments/all kinds of cypress wood

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 13:8 : 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
• Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with trumpet sound: Praise him with psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe. 5 Praise him with loud cymbals: Praise him with high sounding cymbals.
• 1 Sam 18:6-7 : 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
• 2 Kgs 3:15 : 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.
• 1 Sam 10:5 : 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
• 1 Sam 16:16 : 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
• 1 Chr 15:10-24 : 10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto [the place] that I have prepared for it. 13 For because ye [bare it] not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance. 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah. 16 And 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. 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; 20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth; 21 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• Ps 47:5 : 5 God is gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.
• Ps 68:25-27 : 25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels. 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah [and] their council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
• Dan 3:5 : 5 that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
• Dan 3:7 : 7 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Dan 3:10 : 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Amos 5:23 : 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
• Amos 6:5 : 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;