The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 23:5 Explained

1 Chronicles 23:5

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

YLT: and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.

Darby: and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Chronicles 23:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 23

1  David in his old age makes Solomon king
2  The number and distribution of the Levites
7  The families of the Gershonites
12  The sons of Kohath
21  The sons of Merari
24  The office of the Levites

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 23:5 mean?

And four thousand [were] gatekeepers thousand praised Yahweh with [musical] instruments which I made [said David] for giving praise
וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים אֲלָפִים֙ מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים לַיהוָ֔ה בַּכֵּלִ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי לְהַלֵּֽל

וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת  And  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
אֲלָפִ֖ים  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים  [were]  gatekeepers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
אֲלָפִים֙  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים  praised 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
לַיהוָ֔ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בַּכֵּלִ֕ים  with  [musical]  instruments 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
עָשִׂ֖יתִי  I  made  [said  David] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְהַלֵּֽל  for  giving  praise 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.