and Mattithiah,וּמַתִּתְיָהוּand Eliphelehu,וֶאֱלִיפְלֵהוּand Mikneiah,וּמִקְנֵיָהוּand Obed-edom,וְעֹבֵד אֱדֹםand Jeiel,וִיעִיאֵלand Azaziah,וַעֲזַזְיָהוּwith lyresבְּכִנֹּרוֹתon Sheminith,עַל הַשְּׁמִינִיתto lead.לְנַצֵּחַ
1 Chronicles 15:21
Study it in the app“and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with lyres on Sheminith, to lead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 15:21, word by word
- and Mattithiahמַתִּתְיָהוּmatityahu
Mattithiah
Mattithiah: the name of several Israelites. The name means "gift of YHWH."
Where else “matityahu” appears- and Eliphelehuאֱלִיפְלֵהוּeliflehu
Eliphelehu
Eliphelehu: a Levite, singer and gatekeeper in David's time.
Where else “eliflehu” appears- and Mikneiahמִקְנֵיָהוּmikneyahu
Mikneiah
Mikneiah: a Levite, singer and gatekeeper. The name means "possession of YHWH."
Where else “mikneyahu” appears- and Obed-edomעֹבֵדoved
Obed-edom
Obed-edom, the name of several men. The best known is the Gittite in whose house the ark stayed three months (2 Samuel 6:10-12). It means "servant of Edom".
Where else “oved” appears- and Jeielיעִיאֵלyiel
Jeiel
Jeiel: name of several Israelites, among them a head of a family of Reuben, one of David's mighty men, Levite singers and gatekeepers, and a scribe of King Uzziah.
Where else “yiel” appears- and Azaziahעֲזַזְיָהוּazazyahu
Azaziah
Azaziah: name of three Israelites: a Levite who played the lyre, the father of a chief of Ephraim and a Levite in charge in the temple. It means "YHWH is strong."
Where else “azazyahu” appears- with lyresכִנֹּרוֹתchinorot
lyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “chinorot” appears- on Sheminithשְּׁמִינִיתsheminit
Sheminith
Sheminith: a musical term of uncertain sense. The word means "the eighth"; perhaps a low pitch or an instrument of eight strings.
Where else “sheminit” appears- to leadנַצֵּחַnatseach
direct
To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.
Where else “natseach” appears
Translation note
“Sheminith” (“the eighth”) is a musical term of uncertain meaning, perhaps a low pitch or an eight-stringed instrument; it appears in the titles of Psalms 6 and 12.
The context
20and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps on Alamoth;
21 · This verse (above)
22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites in the carrying, gave instruction in the carrying, for he understood it.