1 Chronicles 15:16:91 Chr.15.16.W9TAB

נְבָלִ֥ים

nevalim

harps

Transliteration
ne-va-LIM
Extended
neh-vah-LEEM
IPA
/nəvɔːˈliːm/

Meaning by language

English
harps

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נְ + בָ + לִ֥ים
ne + va + lim
nevalim

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-va-LIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT

  3. 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

  4. 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.

Root and etymology

n-b-l

skin-bottle, lyre, harp

In context1 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 15:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word נְבָלִ֥ים (nevalim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.16.W9.S1) and character.