1 Chronicles 15:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדָוִ֞יד מְכֻרְבָּ֣ל ׀ בִּמְעִ֣יל בּ֗וּץ וְכָל־הַלְוִיִּם֙ הַנֹּשְׂאִ֣ים אֶת־הָאָר֔וֹן וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים וּכְנַנְיָ֛ה הַשַּׂ֥ר הַמַּשָּׂ֖א הַמְשֹֽׁרְרִ֑ים וְעַל־דָּוִ֖יד אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-dāwîd mĕkurbāl bi-mĕʿîl bûṣ wə-kol-ha-ləwiyyim ha-nōśĕʾîm ʾet-hā-ʾārôn wə-ha-mĕšōrĕrîm û-kĕnanyāh ha-śar ha-maśśāʾ ha-mĕšōrĕrîm wə-ʿal-dāwîd ʾēp̄ôd bād

Grammar Details

*wə-dāwîd*: conjunction + proper name - and David
*mĕkurbāl*: pual participle masculine singular - clothed
*bi-mĕʿîl*: preposition + masculine singular noun - with a robe of
*bûṣ*: masculine singular noun - fine linen
*wə-kol*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and all
*ha-ləwiyyim*: definite article + proper noun plural - the Levites
*ha-nōśĕʾîm*: definite article + qal participle masculine plural - the ones carrying
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hā-ʾārôn*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the ark
*wə-ha-mĕšōrĕrîm*: conjunction + definite article + poel participle masculine plural - and the singers
*û-kĕnanyāh*: conjunction + proper name - and Chenaniah
*ha-śar*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the chief
*ha-maśśāʾ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the carrying/song
*ha-mĕšōrĕrîm*: definite article + poel participle masculine plural - the singers
*wə-ʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and on
*dāwîd*: proper name - David
*ʾēp̄ôd*: masculine singular noun - ephod
*bād*: masculine singular noun - linen

Word Meanings

*mĕkurbāl*: clothed/dressed/wrapped
*mĕʿîl*: robe/cloak/mantle
*bûṣ*: fine linen/white linen
*ha-ləwiyyim*: the Levites (tribal name)
*ha-nōśĕʾîm*: the carriers/the bearers
*hā-ʾārôn*: the ark/the chest/the box
*ha-mĕšōrĕrîm*: the singers/the musicians
*kĕnanyāh*: Chenaniah (personal name)
*ha-śar*: the chief/the leader/the director
*ha-maśśāʾ*: the carrying/the burden/the song/the lifting (possible dual meaning)
*ʾēp̄ôd*: ephod (priestly garment)
*bād*: linen/fine cloth

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 6:14 : 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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1 Chr 15:25-26
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76%
25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
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1 Chr 15:14-16
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14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
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1 Chr 15:1-4
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1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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1 Chr 13:8
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2 Sam 15:24
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2 Sam 6:17
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