Psalm 149:3
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
הָלַל
hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causative...
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
חוּל
chûwl
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fig...
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
זָמַר
zâmar
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
Key Terms in This Verse
חוּל chûwl
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
Study H2342 →זָמַר zâmar
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
Study H2167 →הָלַל hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
Study H1984 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →Cross References
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ...
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.
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the...
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jedu...
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