Amos 6:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַפֹּרְטִים עַל־פִּי הַנָּבֶל כְּדָוִיד חָשְׁבוּ לָהֶם כְּלֵי־שִׁיר

Transliteration

The pōrəṭîm upon- pî the nābel like dāwīd ḥāšəbû to-them kəlê- šîr

Grammar Details

*pōrəṭîm*: masculine plural participle with definite article - those improvising/playing
*pî*: construct masculine noun with preposition *ʿal-* - upon mouth of
*nābel*: masculine noun with definite article - harp/lute
*dāwīd*: proper noun with comparative prefix *kə-* - like David
*ḥāšəbû*: perfect, 3rd person plural - they devised/invented
*kəlê-*: masculine plural construct - instruments of
*šîr*: masculine noun - song/music

Word Meanings

*pōrəṭîm*: improvising/strumming/plucking/playing
*pî*: mouth of/opening of/according to
*nābel*: lute/harp/stringed instrument
*ḥāšəbû*: devised/invented/thought up
*kəlê-šîr*: musical instruments/instruments for music

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Amos 5:23 : 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
1 Chr 23:5 : 5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.
Job 21:11-12 : 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. 12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
Eccl 2:8 : 8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;
1 Chr 15:16 : 16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past {G979} may suffice {G2254} to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no {G3361} more at all in thee;

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