The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:41 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:41

KJV: And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;

YLT: And with them are Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age is His kindness,

Darby: and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

ASV: and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And with them Heman  and Jeduthun,  and the rest  that were chosen,  who were expressed  by name,  to give thanks  to the LORD,  because his mercy  [endureth] for ever; 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:41 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 16

1  David's festival sacrifice
4  He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7  The psalm of thanksgiving
37  He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 16:41 mean?

and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen who were designated by name to give thanks to Yahweh because [endures] forever His mercy
וְעִמָּהֶם֙ הֵימָ֣ן וִֽידוּת֔וּן וּשְׁאָר֙ הַבְּרוּרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת לְהֹדוֹת֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ

וְעִמָּהֶם֙  and  with  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
הֵימָ֣ן  Heman 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵימָן  
Sense: a wise man to whom Solomon was compared.
וִֽידוּת֔וּן  and  Jeduthun 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְדוּתוּן 
Sense: a Levite of the family of Merari and the chief of one of the 3 choirs of the temple whose descendants also formed one of the perpetual temple choirs; he is named at the beginning of 3 Psalms (39, 62, 77) either as the composer or the recipient of those Psalms but most likely as the leader of the choir by which those Psalms were to be sung.
וּשְׁאָר֙  and  the  rest 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שְׁאָר  
Sense: rest, residue, remnant, remainder.
הַבְּרוּרִ֔ים  who  were  chosen 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: בָּרוּר 
Sense: to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove.
נִקְּב֖וּ  were  designated 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָקַב 
Sense: to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint.
בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת  by  name 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
לְהֹדוֹת֙  to  give  thanks 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
לַֽיהוָ֔ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
כִּ֥י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
לְעוֹלָ֖ם  [endures]  forever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
חַסְדּֽוֹ  His  mercy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.