Study it in the app“And these were the singers, heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, in the chambers, free from other service, for day and night it was on them to be in the work.”
And theseוְאֵלֶּהwerethe singers,הַמְשֹׁרְרִיםheadsרָאשֵׁיof fathers’ housesאָבוֹתof the Levites,לַלְוִיִּםin the chambers,בַּלְּשָׁכֹתfree from other service,פְּטוּרִיםforכִּיdayיוֹמָםand nightוָלַיְלָהit was on themעֲלֵיהֶםto be in the work.בַּמְּלָאכָה
singer
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “meshorrim” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsroom, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “leshachot” appearsrelease
To leave someone free of other duties or let him go.
Where else “peturim” appearsby day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears32And of the sons of the Kohathites, of their brothers, some were over the bread of the row, to prepare it every Sabbath.
33 · This verse (above)
34These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their generations, heads; these lived in Jerusalem.
