1 Chronicles 16:5
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Berean Study Bible

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

Young's Literal Translation

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;

King James Bible

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;

Hebrew
Asaph
אָסָ֥ף (’ā·sāp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites

was the chief,
הָרֹ֖אשׁ (hā·rōš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

Zechariah
זְכַרְיָ֑ה (zə·ḵar·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2148: Zachariah -- the name of a number of Israelites

was second,
וּמִשְׁנֵ֣הוּ (ū·miš·nê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4932: A repetition, a duplicate, a double, a second

[then] Jeiel,
יְעִיאֵ֡ל (yə·‘î·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3273: Jeiel

Shemiramoth,
וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת (ū·šə·mî·rā·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8070: Shemiramoth -- probably 'name of heights', two Levites

Jehiel,
וִֽיחִיאֵ֡ל (wî·ḥî·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3171: Jehiel -- 'may God live', the name of a number of Israelites

Mattithiah,
וּמַתִּתְיָ֡ה (ū·mat·tiṯ·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4993: Mattithiah -- 'gift of Yah', the name of several Israelites

Eliab,
וֶאֱלִיאָ֡ב (we·’ĕ·lî·’āḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 446: Eliab -- 'God is father', the name of several Israelites

Benaiah,
וּבְנָיָהוּ֩ (ū·ḇə·nā·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1141: Benaiah -- 'Yah has built up', the name of several Israelites

Obed-edom,
אֱדֹ֜ם (’ĕ·ḏōm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5654: Obed-edom -- 'servant of Edom', an Israelite name

and Jeiel.
וִֽיעִיאֵ֗ל (wî·‘î·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3273: Jeiel

They were to play the harps
נְבָלִים֙ (nə·ḇā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre

and lyres,
וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת (ū·ḇə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3658: A harp

while Asaph
וְאָסָ֖ף (wə·’ā·sāp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites

sounded
מַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃ (maš·mî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the cymbals
בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם (bam·ṣil·ta·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - cd
Strong's 4700: Double tinklers, cymbals

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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