The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:5 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:5

KJV: Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

YLT: Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding;

Darby: Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of lutes and with harps; and Asaph sounding with cymbals;

ASV: Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Asaph  the chief,  and next  to him Zechariah,  Jeiel,  and Shemiramoth,  and Jehiel,  and Mattithiah,  and Eliab,  and Benaiah,  and Obededom:  and Jeiel  with psalteries  and with harps;  but Asaph  made a sound  with cymbals; 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1Chronicles 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 16:5 mean?

Asaph the chief and next to him Zechariah [then] Jeiel and Shemiramoth Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps but Asaph with cymbals made music
אָסָ֥ף הָרֹ֖אשׁ וּמִשְׁנֵ֣הוּ זְכַרְיָ֑ה יְעִיאֵ֡ל וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת וִֽיחִיאֵ֡ל וּמַתִּתְיָ֡ה וֶאֱלִיאָ֡ב וּבְנָיָהוּ֩ וְעֹבֵ֨ד אֱדֹ֜ם וִֽיעִיאֵ֗ל בִּכְלֵ֤י נְבָלִים֙ וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת וְאָסָ֖ף בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם מַשְׁמִֽיעַ

אָסָ֥ף  Asaph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.
הָרֹ֖אשׁ  the  chief 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וּמִשְׁנֵ֣הוּ  and  next  to  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁנֶה  
Sense: double, copy, second, repetition.
זְכַרְיָ֑ה  Zechariah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זְכַרְיָה 
Sense: th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel.
יְעִיאֵ֡ל  [then]  Jeiel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְעִיאֵל  
Sense: one of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra.
וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת  and  Shemiramoth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמִירָמֹות 
Sense: a Merarite Levite in the second rank in the choir of David.
וִֽיחִיאֵ֡ל  Jehiel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְחוּאֵל 
Sense: a Levite and one of the chief musicians in the time of David.
וּמַתִּתְיָ֡ה  and  Mattithiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַתִּתְיָה 
Sense: a Levite who presided over the offerings.
וֶאֱלִיאָ֡ב  and  Eliab 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיאָב  
Sense: son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness.
וּבְנָיָהוּ֩  and  Benaiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּנָיָה 
Sense: one of David’s mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah’s attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army.
אֱדֹ֜ם  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.
וִֽיעִיאֵ֗ל  Jeiel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְעִיאֵל  
Sense: one of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra.
נְבָלִים֙  stringed  instruments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root:  
Sense: a skin-bag, jar, pitcher.
וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת  and  harps 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כִּנּׄור  
Sense: lyre, harp.
וְאָסָ֖ף  but  Asaph 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.
בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם  with  cymbals 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, cd
Root: מְצִלְתַּיִם  
Sense: cymbals.
מַשְׁמִֽיעַ  made  music 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.