| “And the men” | וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים֩ | Properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) | men |
| “did” | עֹשִׂ֨ים | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did |
| “the work” | בַּמְּלָאכָ֗ה | Properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) | work |
| “faithfully:” | בֶּֽאֱמוּנָ֜ה | Literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity | faithfully |
| “and the overseers” | לְנַצֵּ֑חַ | Properly, to glitter from afar, i.e., to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent | overseers |
| “of” | וַֽעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם׀ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | of |
| “them Jahath” | יַ֣חַת | Jachath, the name of four Israelites | Jahath |
| “were” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “and Obadiah,” | וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֤הוּ | Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites | Obadiah |
| “the Levites,” | הַלְוִיִּם֙ | A Levite or descendant of Levi | Levites |
| “of” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | of |
| “the sons” | בְּנֵ֣י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “of Merari;” | מְרָרִ֔י | Merari, an Israelite | Merari |
| “and Zechariah” | וּזְכַרְיָ֧ה | Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites | Zechariah |
| “and Meshullam,” | וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם | Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites | Meshullam |
| “of” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | of |
| “the sons” | בְּנֵ֥י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “of the Kohathites,” | הַקְּהָתִ֖ים | A Kohathite (collectively) or descendants of Kehath | Kohathites |
| “to set forward;” | מֻ֠פְקָדִים | To visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc | set forward |
| “it” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “and the Levites,” | וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם | A Levite or descendant of Levi | Levites |
| “other of” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that could skill” | מֵבִ֖ין | To separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand | could skill |
| “of instruments” | בִּכְלֵי | Something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) | instruments |
| “of musick.” | שִֽׁיר׃ | A song; abstractly, singing | musick |