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Forכִּיin the daysבִימֵיof Davidדָוִידand Asaph,וְאָסָףof old,מִקֶּדֶםthere wereheadsרָאשֵׁיof the singersהַמְשֹׁרְרִיםand songוְשִׁירof praiseתְּהִלָּהand thanksgivingsוְהֹדוֹתto Elohim.לֵאלֹהִים
Nehemiah 12:46
Study it in the app“For in the days of David and Asaph, of old, there were heads of the singers and song of praise and thanksgivings to Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 12:46, word by word
- in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of Davidדָוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and Asaphאָסָףasaf
Asaph
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” appears- of oldקֶּדֶםkedem
of old
Times long ago, from far back.
Where else “kedem” appears- headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the singersמְשֹׁרְרִיםmeshorrim
singer
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “meshorrim” appears- and songשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- of praiseתְּהִלָּהtehila
praise
Praise; deeds worthy of praise; a song of praise.
Where else “tehila” appears- and thanksgivingsהֹדוֹתhodot
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “hodot” appears- to Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears
The context
45And they kept the charge of their Elohim and the charge of the purification, and the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.
46 · This verse (above)
47And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, were giving the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, what was due each day on its day; and they consecrated them for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the sons of Aaron.