Study it in the app“And 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.”
And they answered one anotherוַיַּעֲנוּpraisingבְּהַלֵּלand giving thanksוּבְהוֹדֹתto YHWH:לַיהוָה“Forכִּיhe is good,טוֹבforכִּיhis loyal loveחַסְדּוֹis foreverלְעוֹלָםover Israel.”עַל יִשְׂרָאֵלAnd allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםshoutedהֵרִיעוּwith a great shout,תְרוּעָה גְדוֹלָהpraisingבְהַלֵּלYHWH,לַיהוָהbecauseעַלthe houseבֵּיתof YHWHיְהוָהhad been founded.הוּסַד
sing in turns
To sing in turns, so that one choir answers the other.
Where else “yaanu” appearspraise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “halel” appearsgive thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “hodot” 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 “yhva” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsloyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” 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” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsshout, sound an alarm
Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.
Where else “heriu” appearsacclamation
A glad outcry, or a festive trumpet blast.
Where else “terua” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsfound
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “husad” appears10And 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12But many of the priests and the Levites and the heads of the fathers’ houses, the elders who had seen the first house, when this house was founded before their eyes, were weeping with a loud voice, and many were raising their voice with shouting, with joy.
