And the singers,וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִיםHeman,הֵימָןAsaph,אָסָףand Ethan,וְאֵיתָןwith cymbalsבִּמְצִלְתַּיִםof bronze,נְחֹשֶׁתto make themselves heard;לְהַשְׁמִיעַ
1 Chronicles 15:19
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1 Chronicles 15:19, word by word
- And the singersמְשֹׁרְרִיםmeshorrim
singer
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “meshorrim” appears- Hemanהֵימָןheman
Heman
Heman: the name of two men: a famous wise man with whom Solomon is compared (1 Kings 4:31), and a Levite, singer and seer in the time of David (1 Chronicles 6:33; 25:5; title of Psalm 88).
Where else “heman” appears- Asaphאָסָףasaf
Asaph
Asaph: a name meaning "gatherer," borne by the father of Joah, Hezekiah's recorder (2 Kings 18:18); the Levite who led the singers in David's time, to whom several psalms are attributed (1 Chronicles 16:5; Psalms 50; 73-83); and a keeper of the Persian king's forest (Nehemiah 2:8).
Where else “asaf” appears- and Ethanאֵיתָןetan
Ethan
Ethan: the name of several men: Ethan the Ezrahite, a famous wise man (1 Kings 4:31; title of Psalm 89), and several Levites, among them one of David's singers (1 Chronicles 15:17). The name means "firm, lasting."
Where else “etan” appears- with cymbalsמְצִלְתַּיִםmetsiltayim
cymbals
Cymbals: a pair of metal plates sounded by striking one against the other.
Where else “metsiltayim” appears- of bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- to make themselves heardהַשְׁמִיעַhashmia
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “hashmia” appears
The context
18and with them their brothers of the second rank: 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 gatekeepers.
19 · This verse (above)
20and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps on Alamoth;