The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 12:16 Explained

1 Chronicles 12:16

KJV: And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

YLT: And there come of the sons of Benjamin and Judah unto the stronghold to David,

Darby: And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.

ASV: And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there came  of the children  of Benjamin  and Judah  to the hold  unto David. 

What does 1 Chronicles 12:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 12

1  The companies that came to David at Ziklag
23  The armies that came to him at Hebron

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 12:16 mean?

These are the ones who crossed - Jordan in the month first and when it had overflowed on all - its banks and they put to flight all [those] in the valleys to the east and to the west -
אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבְר֤וּ אֶת־ הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן וְה֥וּא מְמַלֵּ֖א עַל־ כָּל־ [גדיתיו] (גְּדוֹתָ֑יו) וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙ כָּל־ הָ֣עֲמָקִ֔ים לַמִּזְרָ֖ח וְלַֽמַּעֲרָֽב ס

אֵ֣לֶּה  These 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
אֲשֶׁ֨ר  the  ones  who 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
עָבְר֤וּ  crossed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
הַיַּרְדֵּן֙  Jordan 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַרְדֵּן  
Sense: the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km).
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ  in  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן  first 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
וְה֥וּא  and  when  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
מְמַלֵּ֖א  had  overflowed 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
[גדיתיו]  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
(גְּדוֹתָ֑יו)  its  banks 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּדָה  
Sense: a river bank.
וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙  and  they  put  to  flight 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּרַח 
Sense: to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away.
כָּל־  all  [those] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָ֣עֲמָקִ֔ים  in  the  valleys 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵמֶק  
Sense: valley, vale, lowland, open country.
לַמִּזְרָ֖ח  to  the  east 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
וְלַֽמַּעֲרָֽב  and  to  the  west 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעֲרָב  
Sense: setting place, west, westward.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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