Study it in the app“And when the builders founded the temple of YHWH, they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise YHWH under the direction of David king of Israel.”
And whenוְthe buildersהַבֹּנִיםfoundedיִסְּדוּthe templeאֶת הֵיכַלof YHWH,יְהוָהthey setוַיַּעֲמִידוּthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםin their vestmentsמְלֻבָּשִׁיםwith trumpets,בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹתand the Levites,וְהַלְוִיִּםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Asaph,אָסָףwith cymbals,בַּמְצִלְתַּיִםto praiseלְהַלֵּלYHWHאֶת יְהוָהunder the directionעַל יְדֵיof Davidדָּוִידkingמֶלֶךְof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bonim” appearsfound
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yisdu” appearstemple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” 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” appearsappoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamidu” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsput on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “melubashim” appearstrumpet
Trumpet: a straight metal instrument, different from the ram's horn.
Where else “chatsotsrot” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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” appearscymbals
Cymbals: a pair of metal plates sounded by striking one against the other.
Where else “metsiltayim” appearspraise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “halel” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yede” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears9And Jeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, stood up as one to direct those doing the work in the house of Elohim; the sons of Henadad, their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
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11And they answered one another praising and giving thanks to YHWH: “For he is good, for his loyal love is forever over Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout, praising YHWH, because the house of YHWH had been founded.
