The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:7 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:7

KJV: Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

YLT: On that day then hath David given at the beginning to give thanks to Jehovah by the hand of Asaph and his brethren: --

Darby: Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to give thanks to Jehovah through Asaph and his brethren.

ASV: Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then on that day  David  delivered  first  [this psalm] to thank  the LORD  into the hand  of Asaph  and his brethren. 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 16

1  David's festival sacrifice
4  He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7  The psalm of thanksgiving
37  He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 16:7 mean?

On day that then delivered [this psalm] David first to thank Yahweh into the hand of Asaph and his brothers -
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא אָ֣ז נָתַ֤ן דָּוִיד֙ בָּרֹ֔אשׁ לְהֹד֖וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה בְּיַד־ אָסָ֖ף וְאֶחָֽיו פ

בַּיּ֣וֹם  On  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֗וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
נָתַ֤ן  delivered  [this  psalm] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
דָּוִיד֙  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
בָּרֹ֔אשׁ  first 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
לְהֹד֖וֹת  to  thank 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
לַיהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בְּיַד־  into  the  hand 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
אָסָ֖ף  of  Asaph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.
וְאֶחָֽיו  and  his  brothers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation