1 Chronicles 15:19:11 Chr.15.19.W1TAB
וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים
vehamshorerim
“and the singers”
- Transliteration
- ve-ham-sho-re-RIM
- Extended
- veh-hahm-shoh-reh-REEM
- IPA
- /vəhamməʃoːrəˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the singers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-sho-re-RIM
- clause
ve-ham-sho-re-RIM he-MAN a-SAF ve-e-TAN
- sentence
ve-ham-sho-re-RIM he-MAN a-SAF ve-e-TAN bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet le-hash-mi-A
Exegesis
vehamshorerim {וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים | vĕhamšôrêrîm} ‘and the singers’ introduces the trio in apposition.
Root and etymology
š-r-rshin-resh-resh
“make music, sing”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:19
And the singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were with bronze cymbals to make the sound heard by all.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 15:19, so the Hebrew word וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים (vehamshorerim) 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.15.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.19.W1.S1) and character.