The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 25:4 Explained

1 Chronicles 25:4

KJV: Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

YLT: Of Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;

Darby: Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:

ASV: Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of Heman:  the sons  of Heman;  Bukkiah,  Mattaniah,  Uzziel,  Shebuel,  and Jerimoth,  Hananiah,  Hanani,  Eliathah,  Giddalti,  and Romamtiezer,  Joshbekashah,  Mallothi,  Hothir,  [and] Mahazioth: 

What does 1 Chronicles 25:4 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 25:4 mean?

Of Heman the sons of Heman Bukkiah Mattaniah Uzziel Shebuel Jerimoth Hananiah Hanani Eliathah Giddalti and Romamti-ezer Joshbekashah Mallothi Hothir [and] Mahazioth
לְהֵימָ֑ן בְּנֵ֣י הֵימָ֡ן בֻּקִּיָּ֡הוּ מַתַּנְיָ֡הוּ עֻ֠זִּיאֵל שְׁבוּאֵ֨ל וִֽירִימ֜וֹת חֲנַנְיָ֣ה חֲנָ֗נִי אֱלִיאָ֤תָה גִדַּ֙לְתִּי֙ וְרֹמַ֣מְתִּי עֶ֔זֶר יָשְׁבְּקָ֣שָׁה מַלּ֔וֹתִי הוֹתִ֖יר מַחֲזִיאֽוֹת

לְהֵימָ֑ן  Of  Heman 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵימָן  
Sense: a wise man to whom Solomon was compared.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הֵימָ֡ן  of  Heman 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵימָן  
Sense: a wise man to whom Solomon was compared.
בֻּקִּיָּ֡הוּ  Bukkiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֻּקִּיָּהוּ  
Sense: a Kohathite Levite, of the sons of Heman, one of the musicians in the temple.
מַתַּנְיָ֡הוּ  Mattaniah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַתַּנְיָה 
Sense: the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as ‘Zedekiah’.
עֻ֠זִּיאֵל  Uzziel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֻזִּיאֵל  
Sense: the 4th son of Kohath and grandson of Levi, uncle of Moses and Aaron.
שְׁבוּאֵ֨ל  Shebuel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁבוּאֵל 
Sense: son of Gershom and grandson of Moses.
וִֽירִימ֜וֹת  Jerimoth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְרִימֹות 
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a house of Benjamite.
חֲנַנְיָ֣ה  Hananiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנַנְיָה 
Sense: the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king’s table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord.
חֲנָ֗נִי  Hanani 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנָנִי  
Sense: one of the sons of Heman, a chief musician of David, and head of the 8th course of the service.
אֱלִיאָ֤תָה  Eliathah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיאָתָה 
Sense: a Hemanite musician in David’s court.
גִדַּ֙לְתִּי֙  Giddalti 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גִּדַּלְתִּי  
Sense: one of the sons of Heman, the king’s seer.
עֶ֔זֶר  Romamti-ezer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶזֶר 
Sense: one of the 4 sons of Heman.
יָשְׁבְּקָ֣שָׁה  Joshbekashah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָשְׁבְּקָשָׁה  
Sense: son of Heman and the leader of the 7th course of musicians.
מַלּ֔וֹתִי  Mallothi 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַלֹּותִי  
Sense: one of the 4 sons of Heman, the singer in the time of David.
הוֹתִ֖יר  Hothir 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹותִיר  
Sense: the 3th son of Heman and a Kohathite Levite.
מַחֲזִיאֽוֹת  [and]  Mahazioth 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַחֲזִיאֹות  
Sense: one of the 4 sons of Heman the Kohathite and the chief of a group of singers.