The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:14 Explained

1 Chronicles 21:14

KJV: So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

YLT: And Jehovah giveth a pestilence in Israel, and there fall of Israel seventy thousand men,

Darby: And Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

ASV: So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So the LORD  sent  pestilence  upon Israel:  and there fell  of Israel  seventy  thousand  men. 

What does 1 Chronicles 21:14 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 21:14 mean?

So sent Yahweh a plague upon Israel and fell of Israel seventy thousand men
וַיִּתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה דֶּ֖בֶר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּפֹּל֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ

וַיִּתֵּ֧ן  So  sent 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
יְהוָ֛ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
דֶּ֖בֶר  a  plague 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֶּבֶר 
Sense: pestilence, plague.
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  upon  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וַיִּפֹּל֙  and  fell 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שִׁבְעִ֥ים  seventy 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שִׁבְעִים  
Sense: seventy.
אֶ֖לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
אִֽישׁ  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.