2 Chronicles 29:25

Webster's Bible (1833)

He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֜ם בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ בִּנְבָלִ֣ים וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת בְּמִצְוַ֥ת דָּוִ֛יד וְגָ֥ד חֹזֵֽה־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְנָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֑יא כִּ֧י בְיַד־יְהוָ֛ה הַמִּצְוָ֖ה בְּיַד־נְבִיאָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And ʿāmad ʾēt-the-lĕwiyyîm bêt YHWH with-mĕṣiltayim with-nēbel and-with-kinnôr, by-miṣwâ dāwid and-gād ḥōzeh-the-melek and-nātān the-nābîʾ; for by-yād-YHWH the-miṣwâ by-yād-nābîʾ-his.

Grammar Details

• *ʿāmad*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - 'he stationed'
• *lĕwiyyîm*: noun masculine plural with definite article - 'the Levites'
• *bêt*: noun masculine singular construct - 'house of'
• *mĕṣiltayim*: noun feminine dual - 'cymbals'
• *nēbel*: noun masculine plural - 'harps/lutes'
• *kinnôr*: noun masculine plural - 'lyres'
• *miṣwâ*: noun feminine singular construct - 'commandment of'
• *dāwid*: proper noun - 'David'
• *gād*: proper noun - 'Gad'
• *ḥōzeh*: Qal participle masculine singular construct - 'seer of'
• *melek*: noun masculine singular with definite article - 'the king'
• *nātān*: proper noun - 'Nathan'
• *nābîʾ*: noun masculine singular with definite article - 'the prophet'
• *yād*: noun feminine singular construct - 'hand of'

Word Meanings

• *ʿāmad*: stationed, set up, appointed
• *mĕṣiltayim*: cymbals
• *nēbel*: harps, lutes, string instruments
• *kinnôr*: lyres, stringed instruments
• *miṣwâ*: commandment, order, instruction
• *ḥōzeh*: seer, visionary
• *nābîʾ*: prophet

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
• 2 Sam 24:11 : 11 When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
• 1 Chr 23:5 : 5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David], for giving praise.
• 1 Chr 25:1-7 : 1 Moreover, David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain 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 those who did the work according to their service was: 2 of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh. 4 Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king. 7 The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
• 1 Chr 28:12 : 12 and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
• 1 Chr 28:19 : 19 All this, [said David], have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of Yahweh, even all the works of this pattern.
• 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
• 1 Chr 9:33 : 33 These are the singers, heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites, [who lived] in the chambers [and were] free [from other service]; for they were employed in their work day and night.
• 1 Chr 15:16-22 : 16 David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; 20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth; 21 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead. 22 Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
• 1 Chr 16:4-5 : 4 He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;
• 1 Chr 16:42 : 42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
• 1 Chr 21:9 : 9 Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
• 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
• 2 Chr 35:15 : 15 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 were at every gate: they didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
• 2 Sam 7:2-4 : 2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. 3 Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you. 4 It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,
• 2 Sam 12:1-7 : 1 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter. 4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him." 5 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die! 6 He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!" 7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.