The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:15 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:15

KJV: Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

YLT: Remember ye to the age His covenant, The word He commanded -- To a thousand generations,

Darby: Be ye ever mindful of his covenant, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, --

ASV: Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Be ye mindful  always  of his covenant;  the word  [which] he commanded  to a thousand  generations; 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 16

1  David's festival sacrifice
4  He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7  The psalm of thanksgiving
37  He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 16:15 mean?

Remember forever His covenant the word which He commanded for a thousand generations
זִכְר֤וּ לְעוֹלָם֙ בְּרִית֔וֹ דָּבָ֥ר צִוָּ֖ה לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר

זִכְר֤וּ  Remember 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: זָכַר 
Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
לְעוֹלָם֙  forever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
בְּרִית֔וֹ  His  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
דָּבָ֥ר  the  word 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
צִוָּ֖ה  which  He  commanded 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
לְאֶ֥לֶף  for  a  thousand 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular construct
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
דּֽוֹר  generations 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.

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