Kommentar zu Divrej Hajamim I 15:22
וּכְנַנְיָ֥הוּ שַֽׂר־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בְּמַשָּׂ֑א יָסֹר֙ בַּמַּשָּׂ֔א כִּ֥י מֵבִ֖ין הֽוּא׃
Und Chenanja, der Häuptling der Leviten, war über das Lied hinweg; Er war Meister in dem Lied, weil er geschickt war.
Rashi on I Chronicles
And Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in song In what was he a leader? In בַּמַּשָּׂא, in raising [the voice in]song.
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Rashi on I Chronicles
he would chastise in song He would chastise and reprove them concerning raising the voice in the melody of the song, whether to raise the voice or lower [it].
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Rashi on I Chronicles
because he was an expert in raising [the voice] in the melody, and the expression of מֵבִין applies to the study of voice. A similar instance is found (below 25:7): “And their number with their brethren, trained in song to the Lord, every expert (מֵבִין) etc.,” and it is written (ibid. verse 8): “and they cast lots, etc.,...expert (מֵבִין) with student.”
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