1 Chronicles 23:5
Strong's Lexicon
4,000
וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת (wə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 702: 1) four

אֲלָפִ֖ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 505: 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

are to be gatekeepers,
שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים (šō·‘ă·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: 1) gatekeeper, porter

and 4,000
וְאַרְבַּ֤עַת (wə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 702: 1) four

אֲלָפִים֙ (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 505: 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

are to praise
מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים (mə·hal·lîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1984: 1) to shine 1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour) 1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light 2) to praise, boast, be boastful 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be boastful 2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle) 2b) (Piel) 2b1) to praise 2b2) to boast, make a boast 2c) (Pual) 2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise 2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast 2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool 2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

the LORD
לַיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

with the instruments
בַּכֵּלִ֕ים (bak·kê·lîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3627: 1) article, vessel, implement, utensil 1a) article, object (general) 1b) utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel 1b1) implement (of hunting or war) 1b2) implement (of music) 1b3) implement, tool (of labour) 1b4) equipment, yoke (of oxen) 1b5) utensils, furniture 1c) vessel, receptacle (general) 1d) vessels (boats) of paper-reed

I have made
עָשִׂ֖יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

for giving praise.”
לְהַלֵּֽל׃ (lə·hal·lêl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1984: 1) to shine 1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour) 1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light 2) to praise, boast, be boastful 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be boastful 2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle) 2b) (Piel) 2b1) to praise 2b2) to boast, make a boast 2c) (Pual) 2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise 2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast 2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool 2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

Young's Literal Translation
and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, ‘with instruments that I made for praising,’ [saith David.]

Holman Christian Standard Bible
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship.”

New American Standard Bible
and 4,000 [were] gatekeepers, and 4,000 [were] praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

King James Bible
Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."

New Living Translation
Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made."

English Standard Version
4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the LORD with the instruments that I have made for praise.”

New American Standard Bible
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

King James Bible
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship."

International Standard Version
with 4,000 gatekeepers, and with 4,000 offering praises to the LORD with the musical instruments that I have had crafted."

NET Bible
4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I supplied for worship."

American Standard Version
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made,'said David , to praise therewith.

English Revised Version
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

Young's Literal Translation
and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.
















Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

1 Chronicles 15:16
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

1 Chronicles 25:7
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

2 Chronicles 29:26
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

Amos 6:5
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chronicles 23:4
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

1 Chronicles 23:3
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

1 Chronicles 23:2
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

1 Chronicles 23:6
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 23:7
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
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