The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:11 Explained

1 Chronicles 21:11

KJV: So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

YLT: And Gad cometh in unto David, and saith to him, 'Thus said Jehovah, Take for thee --

Darby: And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah:

ASV: So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So Gad  came  to David,  and said  unto him, Thus saith  the LORD,  Choose  thee 

What does 1 Chronicles 21:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 21

1  David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
5  The number of the people being brought, David repents of it
9  David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence
14  After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18  David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing floor;
26  where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favor by fire
28  David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 21:11 mean?

So came Gad to David and said to him thus says Yahweh Choose for yourself
וַיָּ֥בֹא גָ֖ד אֶל־ דָּוִ֑יד וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֛וֹ כֹּֽה־ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה קַבֶּל־ לָֽךְ

וַיָּ֥בֹא  So  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
גָ֖ד  Gad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּד  
Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
דָּוִ֑יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
ל֛וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
כֹּֽה־  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַ֥ר  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
קַבֶּל־  Choose 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: קָבַל  
Sense: to take, receive, be before.
לָֽךְ  for  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular

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