The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:8 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:8

KJV: Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

YLT: Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings.

Darby: Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his acts among the peoples.

ASV: O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Give thanks  unto the LORD,  call  upon his name,  make known  his deeds  among the people. 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:8 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 16:8 mean?

Oh give thanks to Yahweh Call upon His name Make known among the peoples His deeds
הוֹד֤וּ לַֽיהוָה֙ קִרְא֣וּ בִשְׁמ֔וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָעַמִּ֖ים עֲלִילֹתָֽיו

הוֹד֤וּ  Oh  give  thanks 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
לַֽיהוָה֙  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
קִרְא֣וּ  Call 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
בִשְׁמ֔וֹ  upon  His  name 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הוֹדִ֥יעוּ  Make  known 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
בָעַמִּ֖ים  among  the  peoples 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
עֲלִילֹתָֽיו  His  deeds 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֲלִילָה  
Sense: wantonness, deed, doing.