1 Chronicles 15:16:81 Chr.15.16.W8TAB
בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֛יר
bikhleshir
“with instruments of song”
- Transliteration
- bikh-LE-shir
- Extended
- bihkh-LEE-sheer
- IPA
- /bixˈleː.ʃiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- with instruments of song
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
bikh-LE-shir
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim mash-mi-IM le-ha-RIM-be-KOL le-sim-KHA
Exegesis
The coordinated series bi-khelei-shir nevalim ve-kinorot u-metsiltayim {בִּכְלֵי־שִׁיר נְבָלִים וְכִנֹּרוֹת וּמְצִלְתָּיִם | bi-khelê-šîr nǝvālîm wǝ-ḵinnôrōṯ u-məṣiltāyîm} employs parallelism to list song instruments.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:16
David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers, the singers, with instruments of song—lyres, harps, and cymbals—so they would sound out, lifting their voices in joy .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֛יר (bikhleshir) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.16.W8.S1) and character.