The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:21 Explained

1 Chronicles 21:21

KJV: And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

YLT: And David cometh in unto Ornan, and Ornan looketh attentively, and seeth David, and goeth out from the threshing-floor, and boweth himself to David -- face to the earth.

Darby: And David came to Ornan, and Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

ASV: And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And as David  came  to Ornan,  Ornan  looked  and saw  David,  and went out  of the threshingfloor,  and bowed  himself to David  with [his] face  to the ground. 

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

And came David to Ornan and looked Ornan and saw - David and he went out from the threshing floor and bowed before David with [his] face to the ground
וַיָּבֹ֥א דָוִ֖יד עַד־ אָרְנָ֑ן וַיַּבֵּ֤ט אָרְנָן֙ וַיַּ֣רְא אֶת־ דָּוִ֔יד וַיֵּצֵא֙ מִן־ הַגֹּ֔רֶן וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ לְדָוִ֛יד אַפַּ֖יִם אָֽרְצָה

וַיָּבֹ֥א  And  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
דָוִ֖יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
אָרְנָ֑ן  Ornan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָרְנָן  
Sense: a Jebusite who sold, to David, a threshing floor for an altar.
וַיַּבֵּ֤ט  and  looked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָבַט  
Sense: to look, regard.
אָרְנָן֙  Ornan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָרְנָן  
Sense: a Jebusite who sold, to David, a threshing floor for an altar.
וַיַּ֣רְא  and  saw 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
דָּוִ֔יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיֵּצֵא֙  and  he  went  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
הַגֹּ֔רֶן  the  threshing  floor 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֹּרֶן  
Sense: threshing-floor.
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ  and  bowed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁחָה  
Sense: to bow down.
לְדָוִ֛יד  before  David 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
אַפַּ֖יִם  with  [his]  face 
Parse: Noun, md
Root: אַף 
Sense: nostril, nose, face.
אָֽרְצָה  to  the  ground 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.

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