Psalms 33:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִֽׁירוּ־ל֭וֹ שִׁ֣יר חָדָ֑שׁ הֵיטִ֥יבוּ נַ֝גֵּ֗ן בִּתְרוּעָֽה׃

Transliteration

Šîrû-to-him šîr ḥādāš hêṭîbû naggēn with-tərûʿāh

Grammar Details

• *Šîrû*: imperative, plural with preposition *lə-* (to) + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - sing
• *šîr*: masculine singular noun - song
• *ḥādāš*: masculine singular adjective - new
• *hêṭîbû*: hiphil imperative, plural - do well/skillfully
• *naggēn*: piel infinitive construct - to play
• *tərûʿāh*: feminine singular noun with preposition *bə-* (with) - shout/blast

Word Meanings

• *Šîrû*: sing/chant
• *šîr*: song/poem
• *ḥādāš*: new/fresh
• *hêṭîbû*: do well/play skillfully/make good
• *naggēn*: to play (instrument)/to make music
• *tərûʿāh*: shout/blast/alarm/war cry/joyful noise

Referenced Verses

• Ps 96:1 : 1 Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth!
• Isa 42:10 : 10 Sing to the LORD a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!
• Rev 5:9 : 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
• Ps 98:1 : 1 A psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.
• Ps 144:9 : 9 O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,
• Ps 149:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly!
• 1 Chr 13:8 : 8 while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
• 1 Chr 15:22 : 22 Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter;
• 1 Chr 25:7 : 7 They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the LORD, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.
• 2 Chr 34:12 : 12 The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah(Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam(descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,
• Ps 40:3 : 3 He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the LORD!
• Rev 14:3 : 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
• Eph 5:19 : 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.