The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 25:6 Explained

1 Chronicles 25:6

KJV: 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, Jeduthun, and Heman.

YLT: All these are by the side of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king are Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.

Darby: All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king.

ASV: All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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,  Jeduthun,  and Heman. 

What does 1 Chronicles 25:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 25

1  The number and offices of the singers
8  Their division by lot into twenty-four orders

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 25:6 mean?

All these [were] under the direction of their father for the music [in] the house of Yahweh with cymbals stringed instruments and harps for the service of the house of God under the authority of the king - Asaph Jeduthun and Heman [were]
כָּל־ אֵ֣לֶּה עַל־ יְדֵי֩ אֲבִיהֶ֨ם בַּשִּׁ֜יר בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ נְבָלִ֣ים וְכִנֹּר֔וֹת לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים עַ֚ל יְדֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ס אָסָ֥ף וִידוּת֖וּן וְהֵימָֽן

אֵ֣לֶּה  these  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
עַל־  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יְדֵי֩  the  direction 
Parse: Noun, fdc
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
אֲבִיהֶ֨ם  of  their  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בַּשִּׁ֜יר  for  the  music 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁיר 
Sense: song.
בֵּ֣ית  [in]  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֗ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙  with  cymbals 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cd
Root: מְצִלְתַּיִם  
Sense: cymbals.
נְבָלִ֣ים  stringed  instruments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root:  
Sense: a skin-bag, jar, pitcher.
וְכִנֹּר֔וֹת  and  harps 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כִּנּׄור  
Sense: lyre, harp.
לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת  for  the  service 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
בֵּ֣ית  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
עַ֚ל  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יְדֵ֣י  the  authority 
Parse: Noun, fdc
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation
אָסָ֥ף  Asaph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.
וִידוּת֖וּן  Jeduthun 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְדוּתוּן 
Sense: a Levite of the family of Merari and the chief of one of the 3 choirs of the temple whose descendants also formed one of the perpetual temple choirs; he is named at the beginning of 3 Psalms (39, 62, 77) either as the composer or the recipient of those Psalms but most likely as the leader of the choir by which those Psalms were to be sung.
וְהֵימָֽן  and  Heman  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵימָן  
Sense: a wise man to whom Solomon was compared.