Study it in the app“and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, head of the beginning, who gave thanks in the prayer; and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.”
and Mattaniahוּמַתַּנְיָהsonבֶןof Micah,מִיכָהsonבֶּןof Zabdi,זַבְדִּיsonבֶןof Asaph,אָסָףheadרֹאשׁof the beginning,הַתְּחִלָּהwho gave thanksיְהוֹדֶהin the prayer;לַתְּפִלָּהand Bakbukiah,וּבַקְבֻּקְיָהthe secondמִשְׁנֶהamong his brothers;מֵאֶחָיוand Abdaוְעַבְדָּאsonבֶּןof Shammua,שַׁמּוּעַsonבֶּןof Galal,גָּלָלsonבֶּןof Jeduthun.יְדוּתוּן
Mattaniah
Mattaniah: a name meaning "gift of YHWH." The name of Zedekiah, last king of Judah, before the king of Babylon changed it (2 Kings 24:17); also borne by several Levites (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 11:17).
Where else “matanya” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsMicah
Micah: short form of the name "Micaiah" ("who is like YHWH?"). Several people bear it: the man from the hill country of Ephraim (Judges 17-18) and, centuries later, the prophet Micah.
Where else “micha” appearsZabdi
Zabdi: the name of several Israelites, among them the grandfather of Achan, of the tribe of Judah. The name comes from "gift."
Where else “zavdi” 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” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appearsbeginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techila” appearsgive thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “yehode” appearsprayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefila” appearsBakbukiah
Bakbukiah: the name of a Levite, second among his brothers in the singing.
Where else “vakbukya” appearssecond
Next in rank after the king.
Where else “mishne” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “echay” appearsAbda
Abda: the name of two men: the father of Adoniram (1 Kings 4:6) and a Levite in the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 11:17). The name comes from "servant."
Where else “avda” appearsShammua
Shammua, a scout from the tribe of Reuben; other men bear the same name. The lexicon explains it as "renowned."
Where else “shamua” appearsGalal
Galal: the name of two Levites who lived in Jerusalem after the exile.
Where else “galal” appearsJeduthun
Jeduthun: a Levite, one of the three in charge of the singing in David's time, with Asaph and Heman.
Where else “yedutun” appears“Head of the beginning”: a difficult phrase; it seems to say that Mattaniah was the one who began the song of thanksgiving in the prayer.
16and Shabbethai and Jozabad, over the outside work of the house of Elohim, of the heads of the Levites;
17 · This verse (above)
18All the Levites in the holy city: two hundred eighty-four.
