Study it in the app“All 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.”
Allכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwere under the directionעַל יְדֵיof their fatherאֲבִיהֶםin the songבַּשִּׁירof the houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהwith cymbals,בִּמְצִלְתַּיִםharps,נְבָלִיםand lyres,וְכִנֹּרוֹתfor the serviceלַעֲבֹדַתof the houseבֵּיתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםunder the directionעַל יְדֵיof the king:הַמֶּלֶךְAsaph,אָסָףJeduthun,וִידוּתוּןand Heman.וְהֵימָן
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Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yede” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearssong
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscymbals
Cymbals: a pair of metal plates sounded by striking one against the other.
Where else “metsiltayim” appearsharp
A stringed instrument played to accompany singing and praise.
Where else “nevalim” appearslyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “chinorot” appearsservice
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAsaph
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” appearsJeduthun
Jeduthun: a Levite, one of the three in charge of the singing in David's time, with Asaph and Heman.
Where else “ydutun” appearsHeman
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” appears5All 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.
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7Their number with their brothers, trained in song for YHWH, all the skilled, was two hundred eighty- eight.
