1 Chronicles 16:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into 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 the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had 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 be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
2 Chr 29:30 : 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD 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 chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Ps 12:1 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Ps 18:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

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