1st Chronicles Chapter 15 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV 1stChronicles 15:21

and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
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BBE 1stChronicles 15:21

And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.
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DARBY 1stChronicles 15:21

and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead [the singing].
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KJV 1stChronicles 15:21

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
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WBT 1stChronicles 15:21

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
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WEB 1stChronicles 15:21

and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
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YLT 1stChronicles 15:21

and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) The six lute-players.With harps on the Sheminith.--"With lutes (or lyres) in the bass." Literally, after the mode of the eighth--i.e., an octave below the tenor--al ottava bassa.To excel.--To lead the orchestra, to precent. (Comp. Psalms 6, heading.)Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewand Mattithiah,וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ (ū·mat·tiṯ·yā·hū)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 4993: Mattithiah -- 'gift of Yah', the name of several IsraelitesEliphelehu,וֶאֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּ (we·’ĕ·lî·p̄ə·lê·hū)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 466: Eliphelehu -- 'may God distinguish him', a doorkeeperMikneiah,וּמִקְנֵיָ֙הוּ֙ (ū·miq·nê·yā·hū)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 4737: Mikneiah -- 'possession of Yah', a Levitical musicianObed-edom,אֱדֹ֔ם (’ĕ·ḏōm)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 5654: Obed-edom -- 'servant of Edom', an Israelite nameJeiel,וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל (wî·‘î·’êl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3273: Jeieland Azaziahוַעֲזַזְיָ֑הוּ (wa·‘ă·zaz·yā·hū)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 5812: Azaziah -- 'Yah is mighty', three Israeliteswere to lead the musicלְנַצֵּֽחַ׃ (lə·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructStrong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanentwith lyresבְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת (bə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 3658: A harpaccording toעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstSheminith.הַשְּׁמִינִ֖ית (haš·šə·mî·nîṯ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8067: An eight-stringed lyreJump to PreviousAzaziah Azazi'ah Corded Directing Eight-Stringed Eliphalehu Elipheleh Eliphelehu Eliph'elehu Excel First Harps Instruments Jeiel Je-I'el Lyres Mattithiah Mattithi'ah Mikneiah Miknei'ah Note Obededom Obed-Edom O'bed-E'dom Octave Oversee Sheminith Singing Song Tuned