The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 25:3 Explained

1 Chronicles 25:3

KJV: Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

YLT: Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, are by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah.

Darby: Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.

ASV: Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of Jeduthun:  the sons  of Jeduthun;  Gedaliah,  and Zeri,  and Jeshaiah,  Hashabiah,  and Mattithiah,  six,  under the hands  of their father  Jeduthun,  who prophesied  with a harp,  to give thanks  and to praise  the LORD. 

What does 1 Chronicles 25:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 25

1  The number and offices of the singers
8  Their division by lot into twenty-four orders

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 25:3 mean?

Of Jeduthun the sons of Jeduthun Gedaliah and Zeri Jeshaiah [Shimei] Hashabiah and Mattithiah six under the direction of their father Jeduthun with a harp who prophesied to give thanks and to praise Yahweh -
לִידוּת֑וּן בְּנֵ֣י יְדוּת֡וּן גְּדַלְיָ֡הוּ וּצְרִ֡י וִֽ֠ישַׁעְיָהוּ חֲשַׁבְיָ֨הוּ וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ שִׁשָּׁ֗ה עַל֩ יְדֵ֨י אֲבִיהֶ֤ם יְדוּתוּן֙ בַּכִּנּ֔וֹר הַנִּבָּ֕א עַל־ הֹד֥וֹת וְהַלֵּ֖ל לַיהוָֽה ס

לִידוּת֑וּן  Of  Jeduthun 
Parse: Preposition-l, 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.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְדוּת֡וּן  of  Jeduthun 
Parse: 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.
גְּדַלְיָ֡הוּ  Gedaliah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּדַלְיָה 
Sense: a son of Jeduthun in the time of David.
וּצְרִ֡י  and  Zeri 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צְרִי  
Sense: son of Jeduthun and a musician in the court of David.
וִֽ֠ישַׁעְיָהוּ  Jeshaiah  [Shimei] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְשַׁעְיָה 
Sense: the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb :37.
חֲשַׁבְיָ֨הוּ  Hashabiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲשַׁבְיָה 
Sense: a Merarite Levite.
וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ  and  Mattithiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַתִּתְיָה 
Sense: a Levite who presided over the offerings.
שִׁשָּׁ֗ה  six 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
עַל֩  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יְדֵ֨י  the  direction 
Parse: Noun, fdc
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
אֲבִיהֶ֤ם  of  their  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
יְדוּתוּן֙  Jeduthun 
Parse: 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.
בַּכִּנּ֔וֹר  with  a  harp 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּנּׄור  
Sense: lyre, harp.
הַנִּבָּ֕א  who  prophesied 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
הֹד֥וֹת  give  thanks 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
וְהַלֵּ֖ל  and  to  praise 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
לַיהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation