The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:23 Explained

1 Chronicles 21:23

KJV: And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

YLT: And Ornan saith unto David, 'Take to thee -- and my lord the king doth that which is good in his eyes: see, I have given the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for a present; the whole I have given.'

Darby: And Ornan said to David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his sight: see, I give the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges for wood, and the wheat for the oblation; I give it all.

ASV: And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Ornan  said  unto David,  Take  [it] to thee, and let my lord  the king  do  [that which is] good  in his eyes:  lo,  I give  [thee] the oxen  [also] for burnt offerings,  and the threshing instruments  for wood,  and the wheat  for the meat offering;  I give  it all. 

What does 1 Chronicles 21:23 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 21:23 mean?

And said Ornan to David take [it] to yourself and let do my lord the king [what is] good in his eyes Look I [also] give [you] the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing implements for wood and the wheat for the grain offering all I give [it]
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אָרְנָ֤ן אֶל־ דָּוִיד֙ קַֽח־ לָ֔ךְ וְיַ֛עַשׂ אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ הַטּ֣וֹב בְּעֵינָ֑יו רְאֵה֩ נָתַ֨תִּי הַבָּקָ֜ר לָֽעֹל֗וֹת וְהַמּוֹרִגִּ֧ים לָעֵצִ֛ים וְהַחִטִּ֥ים לַמִּנְחָ֖ה הַכֹּ֥ל נָתָֽתִּי

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אָרְנָ֤ן  Ornan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָרְנָן  
Sense: a Jebusite who sold, to David, a threshing floor for an altar.
דָּוִיד֙  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
קַֽח־  take  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
לָ֔ךְ  to  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
וְיַ֛עַשׂ  and  let  do 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אֲדֹנִ֥י  my  lord 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אָדֹון  
Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
הַטּ֣וֹב  [what  is]  good 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
בְּעֵינָ֑יו  in  his  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
רְאֵה֩  Look 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
נָתַ֨תִּי  I  [also]  give  [you] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
הַבָּקָ֜ר  the  oxen 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
לָֽעֹל֗וֹת  for  burnt  offerings 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
וְהַמּוֹרִגִּ֧ים  and  the  threshing  implements 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹורַג  
Sense: thresher, threshing-sledge.
לָעֵצִ֛ים  for  wood 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
וְהַחִטִּ֥ים  and  the  wheat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: חִטָּה  
Sense: wheat.
לַמִּנְחָ֖ה  for  the  grain  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
נָתָֽתִּי  I  give  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.