The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:24 Explained

1 Chronicles 21:24

KJV: And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

YLT: And king David saith to Ornan, 'Nay, for I surely buy for full silver; for I do not lift up that which is thine to Jehovah, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.'

Darby: And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will in any case buy them for the full money; for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, to offer up a burnt-offering without cost.

ASV: And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And king  David  said  to Ornan,  Nay; but I will verily  buy  it for the full  price:  for I will not take  [that] which [is] thine for the LORD,  nor offer  burnt offerings  without cost. 

What does 1 Chronicles 21:24 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 21:24 mean?

And said King David to Ornan No but surely I will buy [it] for the price full for not I will take what is yours for Yahweh nor offer burnt offerings with [that which] costs [me] nothing
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ לְאָרְנָ֔ן לֹ֕א כִּֽי־ קָנֹ֥ה אֶקְנֶ֖ה בְּכֶ֣סֶף מָלֵ֑א כִּ֠י לֹא־ אֶשָּׂ֤א אֲשֶׁר־ לְךָ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַעֲל֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ה חִנָּֽם

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ  King 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
דָּוִיד֙  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
לְאָרְנָ֔ן  to  Ornan 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָרְנָן  
Sense: a Jebusite who sold, to David, a threshing floor for an altar.
לֹ֕א  No 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
קָנֹ֥ה  surely 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: קָנָה 
Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
אֶקְנֶ֖ה  I  will  buy  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: קָנָה 
Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
בְּכֶ֣סֶף  for  the  price 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
מָלֵ֑א  full 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: מָלֵא  
Sense: full, fullness, that which fills.
אֶשָּׂ֤א  I  will  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
אֲשֶׁר־  what  is 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לְךָ֙  yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
לַיהוָ֔ה  for  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְהַעֲל֥וֹת  nor  offer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עוֹלָ֖ה  burnt  offerings 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
חִנָּֽם  with  [that  which]  costs  [me]  nothing 
Parse: Adverb
Root: חִנָּם  
Sense: freely, for nothing, without cause.