Nehemiah 12:27

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And at the

חֲנֻכָּה

chănukkâh

H2598

initiation, i.e. consecration

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of the

חוֹמָה

chôwmâh

H2346

a wall of protection

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of

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

H3389

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

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they

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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the

לֵוִיִּי

Lêvîyîy

H3881

a Levite or descendant of Levi

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out of all their

בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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to

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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them to

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

H3389

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

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to

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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the

חֲנֻכָּה

chănukkâh

H2598

initiation, i.e. consecration

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with

שִׂמְחָה

simchâh

H8057

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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both with

English grammatical function word ('thanksgivings'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equi...

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and with

זָמִיר

zâmîyr

H2158

a song to be accompanied with instrumental music

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with

מְצֵלֶת

mᵉtsêleth

H4700

(only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals

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נֶבֶל

nebel

H5035

a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)

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and with

כִּנּוֹר

kinnôwr

H3658

a harp

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Key Terms in This Verse

thanksgivings GRAM

English grammatical function word ('thanksgivings'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they ...

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dedication H2598

חֲנֻכָּה chănukkâh

initiation, i.e. consecration

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dedication H2598

חֲנֻכָּה chănukkâh

initiation, i.e. consecration

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psalteries H5035

נֶבֶל nebel

a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)

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cymbals H4700

מְצֵלֶת mᵉtsêleth

(only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals

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harps H3658

כִּנּוֹר kinnôwr

a harp

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singing H2158

זָמִיר zâmîyr

a song to be accompanied with instrumental music

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gladness H8057

שִׂמְחָה simchâh

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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sought H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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wall H2346

חוֹמָה chôwmâh

a wall of protection

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:16 cross-reference

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.

2 Chronicles 5:13 cross-reference

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and ...

1 Chronicles 15:28 cross-reference

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

Deuteronomy 20:5 cross-reference

And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and anoth...

2 Chronicles 29:30 cross-reference

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their ...

1 Chronicles 15:4 cross-reference

And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

1 Chronicles 15:12 cross-reference

And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have pr...

Psalm 30:1 cross-reference

I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Philippians 4:4 cross-reference

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

1 Chronicles 16:42 cross-reference

And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

2 Samuel 6:12 cross-reference

And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house...

1 Chronicles 23:5 cross-reference

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

Psalm 149:3 cross-reference

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Nehemiah 8:17 cross-reference

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Isra...

Deuteronomy 16:11 cross-reference

And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherl...

Nehemiah 11:20 cross-reference

And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

1 Chronicles 13:8 cross-reference

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

Revelation 5:8 cross-reference

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

1 Chronicles 26:31 cross-reference

Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were foun...

2 Chronicles 7:6 cross-reference

And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David prai...

1 Chronicles 16:5 cross-reference

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 w...

Ezra 6:16 cross-reference

And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

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