Psalms 68:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The singers{H8802)} went before{H8765)}, the players on instruments{H8802)} followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels{H8802)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָא֣וּ הֲלִיכוֹתֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִ֑ים הֲלִ֘יכ֤וֹת אֵלִ֖י מַלְכִּ֣י בַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

rāʾû hălîkôtekā ʾĕlōhîm hălîkôt ʾēlî malkî ba-qōdeš

Grammar Details

*rāʾû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'they saw'
*hălîkôtekā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'your processions'
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with singular meaning - 'God'
*hălîkôt*: feminine plural construct noun - 'processions of'
*ʾēlî*: masculine singular noun with 1st common singular possessive suffix - 'my God'
*malkî*: masculine singular noun with 1st common singular possessive suffix - 'my King'
*ba-qōdeš*: preposition בְּ (in) + definite article + masculine singular noun - 'in the sanctuary'

Word Meanings

*hălîkôt*: processions/goings/ways
*qōdeš*: sanctuary/holy place/holiness

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Referenced Verses

Judg 11:34 : 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
1 Chr 13:8 : 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
Ps 87:7 : 7 As well the singers{H8802)} as the players{H8802)} on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
Ps 148:12-13 : 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Jer 31:4 : 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Jer 31:13 : 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Rev 14:2-3 : 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Rev 15:2-3 : 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
1 Sam 18:6 : 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 68:24
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24They have seen{H8804)} thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
Job 21:12
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12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
1 Chr 13:8
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8And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
Ps 81:2
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2Take{H8798)} a psalm, and bring{H8798)} hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Ps 150:3-5
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75%
3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Ps 149:3
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3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
1 Chr 15:16
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16And 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.
1 Sam 18:6
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6And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
Exod 15:20
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20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Ps 68:7
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7O God, when thou wentest forth{H8800)} before thy people, when thou didst march{H8800)} through the wilderness; Selah:
Ps 68:26
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26Bless{H8761)} ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
2 Sam 6:5
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5And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
Neh 12:46
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46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
2 Chr 20:28
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28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
Ps 98:5-6
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5Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
1 Chr 15:28
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28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
2 Chr 29:26
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Ps 92:3
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Ps 68:32
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1 Chr 16:5
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5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
2 Chr 7:6
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6And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
2 Chr 5:12
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1 Chr 6:32
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32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
1 Chr 25:1
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1Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
1 Chr 16:42
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42And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
Ps 87:7
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7As well the singers{H8802)} as the players{H8802)} on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
1 Chr 15:19-20
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69%
19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
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1 Chr 25:6-7
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69%
6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
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1 Chr 23:5
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5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Ps 33:2-3
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2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
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Ps 68:4
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Judg 5:11
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2 Chr 20:21
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Isa 30:29
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2 Chr 35:15
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15And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
Ps 100:2
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2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
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Ps 47:6
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6Sing praises{H8761)} to God, sing praises{H8761)}: sing praises{H8761)} unto our King, sing praises{H8761)}.
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