The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 15:21 Explained

1 Chronicles 15:21

KJV: And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

YLT: and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee.

Darby: and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead the singing.

ASV: and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Mattithiah,  and Elipheleh,  and Mikneiah,  and Obededom,  and Jeiel,  and Azaziah,  with harps  on the Sheminith  to excel. 

What does 1 Chronicles 15:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 15

1  David having prepared a place for the ark,
15  the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-Edom
25  He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy
29  Michal despises him

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 15:21 mean?

and Mattithiah and Elipheleh and Mikneiah and Obed-edom Jeiel and Azaziah with harps on the Sheminith to direct
וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ וֶאֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּ וּמִקְנֵיָ֙הוּ֙ וְעֹבֵ֣ד אֱדֹ֔ם וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל וַעֲזַזְיָ֑הוּ בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת עַל־ הַשְּׁמִינִ֖ית לְנַצֵּֽחַ

וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ  and  Mattithiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַתִּתְיָה 
Sense: a Levite who presided over the offerings.
וֶאֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּ  and  Elipheleh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיפְלֵהוּ  
Sense: a Levite gatekeeper and musician for David.
וּמִקְנֵיָ֙הוּ֙  and  Mikneiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִקְנֵיָהוּ  
Sense: one of the Levites of the 2nd rank, gatekeepers of the ark, appointed by David to play in the temple band.
אֱדֹ֔ם  Obed-edom 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹבֵד־אֱדֹום  
Sense: a Levite and a Gittite who kept the ark after Uzzah was slain by God for touching the ark while it was being taken to Jerusalem.
וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל  Jeiel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְעִיאֵל  
Sense: one of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra.
וַעֲזַזְיָ֑הוּ  and  Azaziah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲזַזְיָהוּ  
Sense: a Levite musician in the reign of David who played the harp in the procession which brought the ark from Obed-edom to Jerusalem.
בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת  with  harps 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כִּנּׄור  
Sense: lyre, harp.
הַשְּׁמִינִ֖ית  the  Sheminith 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁמִינִית  
Sense: Sheminith.
לְנַצֵּֽחַ  to  direct 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: נָצַח  
Sense: to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring.