Allכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwere sonsבָנִיםof Hemanלְהֵימָןthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְseerחֹזֵהin the wordsבְּדִבְרֵיof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםto lift upלְהָרִיםthe horn;קָרֶןElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםgaveוַיִּתֵּןHemanלְהֵימָןfourteenאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂרsonsבָּנִיםand threeוּ שָׁלוֹשׁdaughters.בָנוֹת
1 Chronicles 25:5
Study it in the app“All these were sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of Elohim, to lift up the horn; Elohim gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 25:5, word by word
- were sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- of 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- the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- seerחֹזֵהchoze
seer
A prophet who sees what God shows him.
Where else “choze” appears- in the wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- to lift upהָרִיםharim
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “harim” appears- the hornקָרֶןkaren
strength
Strength, power: "the horn of my salvation".
Where else “karen” appears- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- fourteenאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- fourteenעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- and threeשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears
Translation note
“Lift up the horn” is a Hebrew image of strength and honor (1 Samuel 2:1, 10): it may mean that Elohim honored Heman with many sons.
The context
4Of Heman: the sons of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
5 · This verse (above)
6All these were under the direction of their father in the song of the house of YHWH, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of Elohim, under the direction of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.