Amos 6:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַפֹּרְטִים עַל־פִּי הַנָּבֶל כְּדָוִיד חָשְׁבוּ לָהֶם כְּלֵי־שִׁיר

Transliteration

The pōrəṭîm upon- pî the nābel like dāwīd ḥāšəbû to-them kəlê- šîr

Grammar Details

*pōrəṭîm*: masculine plural participle with definite article - those improvising/playing
*pî*: construct masculine noun with preposition *ʿal-* - upon mouth of
*nābel*: masculine noun with definite article - harp/lute
*dāwīd*: proper noun with comparative prefix *kə-* - like David
*ḥāšəbû*: perfect, 3rd person plural - they devised/invented
*kəlê-*: masculine plural construct - instruments of
*šîr*: masculine noun - song/music

Word Meanings

*pōrəṭîm*: improvising/strumming/plucking/playing
*pî*: mouth of/opening of/according to
*nābel*: lute/harp/stringed instrument
*ḥāšəbû*: devised/invented/thought up
*kəlê-šîr*: musical instruments/instruments for music

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his 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.
1 Chr 23:5 : 5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Job 21:11-12 : 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Eccl 2:8 : 8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
1 Chr 15:16 : 16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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