The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 14:1 Explained

1 Chronicles 14:1

KJV: Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

YLT: And Huram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-wood, and artificers of walls, and artificers of wood, to build to him a house.

Darby: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

ASV: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now Hiram  king  of Tyre  sent  messengers  to David,  and timber  of cedars,  with masons  and carpenters,  to build  him an house. 

What does 1 Chronicles 14:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 14

1  Hiram's kindness to David
2  David's fortune in people, wives, and children
8  His two victories against the Philistines

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 14:1 mean?

And sent Hiram Huram king of Tyre messengers to David and trees cedar and with masons carpenters to build him a house
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח [חירם] (חוּרָ֨ם) מֶֽלֶךְ־ צֹ֥ר מַלְאָכִים֮ אֶל־ דָּוִיד֒ וַעֲצֵ֣י אֲרָזִ֔ים וְחָרָשֵׁ֣י קִ֔יר עֵצִ֑ים לִבְנ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ בָּֽיִת

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח  And  sent 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
[חירם]  Hiram 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
(חוּרָ֨ם)  Huram 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִירֹום 
Sense: the king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem to build both the palace for David and the temple for Solomon.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  king  of 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
צֹ֥ר  Tyre 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צֹור 
Sense: the Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast.
מַלְאָכִים֮  messengers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַלְאָךְ  
Sense: messenger, representative.
דָּוִיד֒  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַעֲצֵ֣י  and  trees 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
אֲרָזִ֔ים  cedar 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֶרֶז  
Sense: cedar.
קִ֔יר  with  masons 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קִיר  
Sense: wall, side.
עֵצִ֑ים  carpenters 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
לִבְנ֥וֹת  to  build 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
בָּֽיִת  a  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.