The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 18:17 Explained

1 Chronicles 18:17

KJV: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

YLT: and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David are at the hand of the king.

Darby: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the king's hand.

ASV: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Benaiah  the son  of Jehoiada  [was] over the Cherethites  and the Pelethites;  and the sons  of David  [were] chief  about  the king. 

What does 1 Chronicles 18:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 18

1  David subdues the Philistines and the Moabites
3  He smites Hadarezer and the Syrians
9  Tou sends Hadoram with presents to bless David
11  The presents and the spoil David dedicates to God
13  He put garrisons in Edom
14  David's officers

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 18:17 mean?

and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and sons of David [were] chief ministers at side the king -
וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־ יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע עַל־ הַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י וּבְנֵי־ דָוִ֥יד הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים לְיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ פ

וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙  and  Benaiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּנָיָה 
Sense: one of David’s mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah’s attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע  of  Jehoiada  [was] 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהֹויָדָע  
Sense: father of Benaiah, David’s mighty warrior.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַכְּרֵתִ֖י  the  Cherethites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּרֵתִי  
Sense: a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners.
וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י  and  the  Pelethites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּלֵתִי  
Sense: a collective name for the guardsmen of David.
וּבְנֵי־  and  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
דָוִ֥יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים  [were]  chief  ministers 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
לְיַ֥ד  at  side 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation