1 Chronicles 15:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִיד֮ לְשָׂרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּם֒ לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד אֶת־אֲחֵיהֶם֙ הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֛יר נְבָלִ֥ים וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם מַשְׁמִיעִ֥ים לְהָרִֽים־בְּק֖וֹל לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer dāwîd lĕśārê ha-ləwiyyim lĕhaʿămîd ʾet-ʾăḥêhem ha-mĕšōrĕrîm bi-kĕlê-šîr nĕvālîm wĕ-kinnōrôt û-mĕṣiltāyim mašmîʿîm lĕhārîm-bĕqôl lĕśimḥāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *dāwîd*: proper name - David
• *lĕśārê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - to the chiefs of
• *ha-ləwiyyim*: definite article + proper noun plural - the Levites
• *lĕhaʿămîd*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to appoint
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾăḥêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their brothers
• *ha-mĕšōrĕrîm*: definite article + poel participle masculine plural - the singers
• *bi-kĕlê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - with instruments of
• *šîr*: masculine singular noun - song
• *nĕvālîm*: masculine plural noun - harps
• *wĕ-kinnōrôt*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - and lyres
• *û-mĕṣiltāyim*: conjunction + feminine dual noun - and cymbals
• *mašmîʿîm*: hiphil participle masculine plural - sounding/making heard
• *lĕhārîm*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to raise
• *bĕqôl*: preposition + masculine singular noun - with voice
• *lĕśimḥāh*: preposition + feminine singular noun - with joy

Word Meanings

• *yōʾmer*: said/spoke/declared
• *śārê*: chiefs/officials/leaders
• *ha-ləwiyyim*: the Levites (tribal name)
• *lĕhaʿămîd*: to appoint/to station/to establish
• *ʾăḥêhem*: their brothers/their relatives/their colleagues
• *ha-mĕšōrĕrîm*: the singers/the musicians
• *kĕlê*: instruments/implements/tools
• *šîr*: song/music
• *nĕvālîm*: harps/string instruments
• *kinnōrôt*: lyres/string instruments
• *mĕṣiltāyim*: cymbals/percussion instruments
• *mašmîʿîm*: sounding/making heard/resounding
• *lĕhārîm*: to raise/to lift up/to elevate
• *qôl*: voice/sound
• *śimḥāh*: joy/gladness/mirth

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 13:8 : 8 Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.
• 1 Chr 16:42 : 42 And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.
• 1 Chr 23:5 : 5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,
• Neh 12:36 : 36 And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;
• Neh 12:43 : 43 And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
• Neh 12:46 : 46 For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.
• Ps 81:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.> Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.
• Ps 87:7 : 7 The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.
• Ps 92:1-3 : 1 <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High; 2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; 3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.
• Ps 95:1 : 1 O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.
• Ps 100:1 : 1 <A Psalm of Praise.> Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth.
• Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.
• Ps 150:3-4 : 3 Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him praise with corded instruments of music. 4 Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.
• Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
• 1 Tim 3:1-9 : 1 This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work. 2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher; 3 Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money; 4 Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour; 5 (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One. 7 And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One. 8 Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world; 9 Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin. 10 And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them. 11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things. 12 Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well. 13 For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14 I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long; 15 But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
• Titus 1:5 : 5 I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
• 2 Chr 29:28-30 : 28 And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended. 29 And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads. 30 Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.
• 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.
• Ezra 3:10-11 : 10 And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by David, king of Israel. 11 And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.
• Ezra 7:24-28 : 24 In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God. 25 And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them. 26 And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison. 27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem; 28 And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
• 1 Chr 25:1-6 : 1 Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king; 3 Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth; 5 All these were sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God. And to make great his power God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.
• 1 Chr 15:12 : 12 And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.
• 1 Chr 15:27-28 : 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod; 28 So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly.
• 1 Chr 6:31-38 : 31 And these are those whom David made responsible for the music in the house of the Lord, after the ark had rest. 32 They gave worship with songs before the House of the Tent of meeting, till Solomon put up the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they took their places for their work in their regular order. 33 And these are those who did this work, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, who made melody, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.