1 Chronicles 25:3

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Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    From Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah—six, at the hands of their father Jeduthun, prophesying with the harp in order to thank and to praise Yahweh.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Of Ieduthun, the sonnes of Ieduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Ieshaiah, Ashabiah and Mattithiah, six, vnder the hands of their father: Ieduthun sang prophecies with an harpe, for to giue thankes and to praise the Lord.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And of Idithun: the sons of Idithun, Godolias, Serf, Jeseias, and Hasabias, and Mathathias, six, under the hand of their father Idithun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, `are' by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Of Jeduthun, sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, [and Shimei, and] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, by the side of their father Jeduthun; he is prophesying with a harp, for giving of thanks and of praise for YHWH.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who played the harp for giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    From Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah—six, at the hands of their father Jeduthun, prophesying with the harp in order to thank and to praise Yahweh.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, [and Shimei] six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD with the harp.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in total, under the supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied accompanied by the harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.

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וּצְרִ֡י
Tsᵉrîy
H6874
“and · Zeri”
Conjunction + Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: the same as H6875

TWOT: None

Zeri = "built" - son of Jeduthun and a musician in the court of David
  1. לִידוּת֑וּן Yᵉdûwthûwn H3038 “to/for · Jeduthun” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  2. בְּנֵ֣י bên H1121 “sons of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. יְדוּת֡וּן Yᵉdûwthûwn H3038 “Jeduthun” Noun, Proper
  4. גְּדַלְיָ֡הוּ Gᵉdalyâh H1436 “Gedaliah” Noun, Proper
  5. וִֽ֠ישַׁעְיָהוּ Yᵉshaʻyâh H3470 “and · Isaiah” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  6. חֲשַׁבְיָ֨הוּ Chăshabyâh H2811 “Hashabiah” Noun, Proper
  7. וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ Mattithyâh H4993 “and · Mattithiah” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  8. שִׁשָּׁ֗ה shêsh H8337 “six” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  9. עַל֩ ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  10. יְדֵ֨י yâd H3027 “hands of” Noun, Common, Both, Dual, Construct
  11. אֲבִיהֶ֤ם ʼâb H1 “father · their” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  12. יְדוּתוּן֙ Yᵉdûwthûwn H3038 “Jeduthun” Noun, Proper
  13. בַּכִּנּ֔וֹר kinnôwr H3658 “in/at the · lyre” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  14. הַנִּבָּ֕א nâbâʼ H5012 “the · prophesying” Particle, Definite Article + Verb, Niphal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  15. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  16. הֹד֥וֹת yâdâh H3034 “to throw” Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct
  17. וְהַלֵּ֖ל hâlal H1984 “and · to praise” Conjunction + Verb, Piel, Infinitive Absolute
  18. לַיהוָֽה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “to/for · LORD” Preposition + Noun, Proper

About this verse

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19
words
16
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Notable vocabulary

1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Hebrew Bible:

  • וּצְרִ֡י Zeri H6874

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

  • וּצְרִ֡י Zeri H6874

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ Mattithiah H4993 occurs in 8 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 13 nouns
  • 1 adjective
  • 2 prepositions

Verb forms

  • הַנִּבָּ֕א Niphal · Participle Active
  • הֹד֥וֹת Hiphil · Infinitive Construct
  • וְהַלֵּ֖ל Piel · Infinitive Absolute

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • לִידוּת֑וּן Jeduthun H3038 ×3
  • עַל֩ upon H5921 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 33 words from the Hebrew and 33 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 19 Hebrew tokens and 29 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 25:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:41–42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;
  • 1 Chronicles 9:16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:18 and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
  • 1 Chronicles 25:21 for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
  • 2 Chronicles 29:14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
  • Psalms 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, To sing praises to your name, Most High;
  • Jeremiah 33:11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Hosts, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 1 Chronicles 25:3 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

לִידוּת֑וּן בְּנֵ֣י יְדוּת֡וּן גְּדַלְיָ֡הוּ וּצְרִ֡י וִֽ֠ישַׁעְיָהוּ חֲשַׁבְיָ֨הוּ וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ שִׁשָּׁ֗ה עַל֩ יְדֵ֨י אֲבִיהֶ֤ם יְדוּתוּן֙ בַּכִּנּ֔וֹר הַנִּבָּ֕א עַל הֹד֥וֹת וְהַלֵּ֖ל לַיהוָֽה

Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Chronicles 25:3 Septuagint · lemma form

ὁ ιδιθων υἱός ιδιθων γοδολια καί σουρι καί ισαια καί σεμεϊ καί ασαβια καί ματταθιας ἕξ μετά ὁ πατήρ αὐτός ιδιθων ἐν κινύρα ἀνακρούω ἐξομολόγησις καί αἴνεσις ὁ κύριος

To Idithun were reckoned the sons of Idithun, Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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Commentary

Notes on 1 Chronicles 25:3 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ch 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

Ver. 3. Six.] But then you must take in Shimei, {1Ch 25:17} to make up the number. {a}

{a} Hebraei, ob stultam fabulam; alii Scriptoris negligentia omissum volunt.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Meaning, Psalms and songs to praise God.

Whereof one is not here numbered.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 3. The sons of Jeduthun-six] That is, six with their father, otherwise, there are but five. Hence it is said, they were under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, &c.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(3) Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun.—Rather, To Jeduthun (i.e., belonging to the guild so called): the sons of Jeduthun were Gedaliah, &c.

Zeri.—The “Izri” of 1Ch_25:11 is probably right. (Comp. Num_26:49.) The error here is as old as the ancient versions.

Six.—Only five names are now read in the text; that of “Shimei” (1Ch_25:17) has fallen out, the only name in 1Ch_25:9-31 which does not occur in 1Ch_25:2-4. The Alex. LXX. inserts the name between Jeshaiah and Hashabiah.

Jeshaiah.—Elsewhere spelled Isaiah.

Under the hands (see last verse) of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp.—Literally, according to the Hebrew punctuation, at the hands of their father Jeduthun, with the lute (i.e., provided with lutes, 1Ch_15:16), who prophesied (or was to prophesy) for giving thanks and praise to Jehovah. (Comp. 1Ch_16:4).

At the hands of their father.—Under the direction of their conductor.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

3. Jeduthun] See 1Ch_16:41, note.

Zeri] In 1Ch_25:11 “Izri.”

Jeshaiah] After this LXX. B inserts the name “Shimei” (Σεμεεὶ), no doubt rightly for (1) six sons are reckoned in this verse, (2) the “Shimei” of 1Ch_25:17 is otherwise unmentioned in 1Ch_25:2-4, though his twenty-three companions are named.

Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise] R.V. Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Of Jeduthun,.... Or Ethan, the sons of Jeduthun:

Gedaliah and Zeri; called Izri, Ch1 25:11,

and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; whereas five only are mentioned; it may be thought that Shimei, Ch1 25:17 is the sixth, he not being mentioned elsewhere; it is a tradition of the Jews, that his mother was now with child of him, and it being foreseen by the Holy Spirit that he would be the chief of a course, the number six is given, as Jarchi observes; but rather, as Kimchi, he was young, and not fit to sing, yet was chosen the head of a course, until he was grown up and fit for it; to these six came up the second, fourth, eighth, twelfth, fourteenth, and tenth lots, Ch1 25:9 and these

were under the hands of their father Jeduthun; to instruct and direct them, and appoint their service to them:

who prophesied with a harp; or sung a prophetic psalm or hymn on that:

to give thanks, and to praise the Lord; for what he had done and promised, and foretold he would do for his people.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Of Idithun; or, altering the punctuation, (Du Hamel) "Now the sons of Idithun, the first-born, Godolias (Haydock) Sori, or Isari, ver. 11. Thus, the number six, will be complete: otherwise we much acknowledge that Idithun, the father, is counted with his children; or that a name is lost, perhaps that of Semeias, (ver. 17.; Calmet) as [the] Alexandrian Septuagint has Semei before Hasabias. (Haydock) --- Harp, (kinnor.) This was the distinctive instrument of this band, as the horn was of Heman’s. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

The sons of Jeduthun, or, his sons, (the construct form being used before the absolute, of which there are examples in Scripture,) Jeduthun, called by his father’s name; otherwise they are not six, unless either Jeduthun their father be included in that number, or Shimei, mentioned 1Ch 25:17, be one of them, as many learned men think. See the like, 1Ch 24:23.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

3. Six — Only five names are here given, but a comparison of names in vers. 9-31 shows that Shimei (1Ch_25:17) has been dropped out of the text of this verse.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Six sons are here said to be under the direction of Jeduthun. (or 1Ch_6:44) The name missing is Shimei, supplied by ver. 17, and which the Alexandrine Septuagint places fourth in this list. This is clear from the list of vers. 9-31, which contains all the same names as are found in the present vers. 2-4, and one more, Shimei, which therefore offers to supply the place vacant here. The name Zeri reappears in ver. 11 as Izri. Who prophesied (see headings to Ps 39 Ps 62 Ps 77.: we do not know, however, that Jeduthun composed any of these, nor does the word "prophesy" necessitate it).

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Six - Jeduthun their father being included in that number: or Shimei, mentioned ver. 17.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Keil & Delitzsch

C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch

Of Jeduthun,.... Or Ethan, the sons of Jeduthun:

Gedaliah and Zeri; called Izri, Ch1 25:11,

and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; whereas five only are mentioned; it may be thought that Shimei, Ch1 25:17 is the sixth, he not being mentioned elsewhere; it is a tradition of the Jews, that his mother was now with child of him, and it being foreseen by the Holy Spirit that he would be the chief of a course, the number six is given, as Jarchi observes; but rather, as Kimchi, he was young, and not fit to sing, yet was chosen the head of a course, until he was grown up and fit for it; to these six came up the second, fourth, eighth, twelfth, fourteenth, and tenth lots, Ch1 25:9 and these

were under the hands of their father Jeduthun; to instruct and direct them, and appoint their service to them:

who prophesied with a harp; or sung a prophetic psalm or hymn on that:

to give thanks, and to praise the Lord; for what he had done and promised, and foretold he would do for his people.

Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

and Mattithiah - six But you will find only five. [The answer is that] his wife was pregnant with Shimei, and he saw through the holy spirit that he too was destined to be the chief of a watch; therefore he says “six.” And that is what is stated further: (verse 17): “The tenth: Shimei.” This is what the liturgical poet set down (in the Kedushah of Yozer of Parashath Shekalim): “Inscribed from the womb to be counted in the watch of the Sanctuary.”

beside their father Jeduthun עַל יְדֵי, similar to (Neh. 3:8): “And beside him (עַל יָדוֹ)... repaired.”

who prophesied with [songs of] thanksgiving and praise For on the harp they would play songs of “Give thanks (הוֹדוּ)” and songs of “Hallelujah (הַלְלוּיָהּ),” and he would prophesy.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 19 words (16 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Tsᵉrîy (“Zeri”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “Zeri” (Tsᵉrîy) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. 1 word here appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Why might the author reach for such rare wording?
  3. This is the first place “Zeri” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
  4. How does 1 Chronicles 9:31, which shares the word «Mattithiah», read alongside this verse?
  5. What does the repetition of “Jeduthun” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  6. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  7. «הַנִּבָּ֕א» is a Niphal Participle Active verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  8. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

  • 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.
  • 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
  • This verse counts 19 Hebrew ↔ 29 Greek words.
  • These translations choose different wording for 16 words in this verse.
  • “Jeduthun” occurs 3× in this single verse.

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