The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 5:12 Explained

2 Chronicles 5:12

KJV: Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

YLT: and the Levites, the singers, to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to their sons, and to their brethren, clothed in white linen, with cymbals, and with psalteries, and harps, are standing on the east of the altar, and with them priests, to a hundred and twenty, blowing with trumpets --

Darby: and the Levites the singers, all they of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, clad in byssus, with cymbals and lutes and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets),

ASV: also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brethren, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Also the Levites  [which were] the singers,  all of them of Asaph,  of Heman,  of Jeduthun,  with their sons  and their brethren,  [being] arrayed  in white linen,  having cymbals  and psalteries  and harps,  stood  at the east end  of the altar,  and with them an hundred  and twenty  priests  sounding  with trumpets:  ) 

What does 2 Chronicles 5:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 5

1  The dedicated treasures
2  The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle
11  God being praised, gives a visible sign of his favor

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 5:12 mean?

and the Levites [who were] the singers all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun and with their sons and their brothers clothed in white linen having cymbals and stringed instruments and harps stood at the east [end] of the altar and with them priests a hundred and twenty - sounding with trumpets
וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם הַמְשֹׁרֲרִ֣ים לְכֻלָּ֡ם לְאָסָ֡ף לְהֵימָ֣ן לִֽ֠ידֻתוּן וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֨ם וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם מְלֻבָּשִׁ֣ים בּ֗וּץ בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים וְכִנֹּר֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים מִזְרָ֣ח לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וְעִמָּהֶ֤ם כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְמֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֔ים [מחצררים] (מַחְצְרִ֖ים) בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֽוֹת

וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם  and  the  Levites  [who  were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
הַמְשֹׁרֲרִ֣ים  the  singers 
Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שִׁיר  
Sense: to sing.
לְכֻלָּ֡ם  all  those 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
לְאָסָ֡ף  of  Asaph 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.
לְהֵימָ֣ן  and  Heman 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵימָן  
Sense: a wise man to whom Solomon was compared.
לִֽ֠ידֻתוּן  and  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.
וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֨ם  and  with  their  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם  and  their  brothers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
מְלֻבָּשִׁ֣ים  clothed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural
Root: לָבַשׁ  
Sense: to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed.
בּ֗וּץ  in  white  linen 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בּוּץ  
Sense: byssus, a costly, fine white linen cloth made in Egypt.
בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙  having  cymbals 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cd
Root: מְצִלְתַּיִם  
Sense: cymbals.
וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים  and  stringed  instruments 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural
Root:  
Sense: a skin-bag, jar, pitcher.
וְכִנֹּר֔וֹת  and  harps 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כִּנּׄור  
Sense: lyre, harp.
עֹמְדִ֖ים  stood 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
מִזְרָ֣ח  at  the  east  [end] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ  of  the  altar 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
וְעִמָּהֶ֤ם  and  with  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
כֹּֽהֲנִים֙  priests 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
לְמֵאָ֣ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֔ים  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
[מחצררים]  - 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
(מַחְצְרִ֖ים)  sounding 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: חַצְצַר 
Sense: to sound a trumpet.
בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֽוֹת  with  trumpets 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: חֲצֹצְרָה  
Sense: trumpet, clarion.